The key to left-right asymmetry - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2006 Oct 6;127(1):27-32.

doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.09.018.

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• DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.09.018

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The key to left-right asymmetry

Clifford J Tabin. Cell. 2006.

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Abstract

Establishment of left-right asymmetry in vertebrates involves cilia as essential components in the breaking of symmetry, an asymmetric signaling cascade, and a midline barrier that helps to maintain asymmetry. A new study suggests that a reaction-diffusion mechanism also plays a key role.

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