"Gastrulation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A process of complicated morphogenetic cell movements that reorganizes a bilayer embryo into one with three GERM LAYERS and specific orientation (dorsal/ventral; anterior/posterior). Gastrulation describes the germ layer development of a non-mammalian BLASTULA or that of a mammalian BLASTOCYST.
| Descriptor ID |
D054262
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.345.500.325.180.812
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Gastrulation" by people in Profiles.
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Canonical WNT signaling enhances stem cell expression in the developing heart without a corresponding inhibition of cardiogenic differentiation. Stem Cells Dev. 2011 Nov; 20(11):1973-83.
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Prostaglandin Gbetagamma signaling stimulates gastrulation movements by limiting cell adhesion through Snai1a stabilization. Development. 2010 Apr; 137(8):1327-37.