Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

Nodal Signaling Ligands  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Members of the transforming growth factor superfamily that play a role in pattern formation and differentiation during the pregastrulation and GASTRULATION stages of chordate development. Several nodal signaling ligands are specifically involved in the genesis of left-right asymmetry during development. The protein group is named after a critical region of the vertebrate embryo PRIMITIVE STREAK referred to as HENSEN'S NODE.

Entry terms

  • Nodal Signaling Proteins

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-HXZ7NC6G-V

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 7/8/08