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Abstract
Signaling ligands that act in opposition to NODAL PROTEIN. During vertebrate development they regulate the degree of left-right asymmetry by controlling the spatiotemporal influence of NODAL PROTEIN.
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- Left-Right Determination Factor Proteins
- Lefty Proteins
- Determination Factors, Left-Right
- Left Right Determination Factor Proteins
- Left Right Determination Factors
- Left-Right Determination Factor 1
- Left-Right Determination Factor 2
- Left-Right Determination Factor A
- Left-Right Determination, Factor B
- Left Right Determination Factor 1
- Left Right Determination Factor 2
- Left Right Determination Factor A
- Left Right Determination, Factor B
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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2009(1996)
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- National Library of Medicine. Left-Right Determination Factors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055458. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055458
- Left-Right Determination Factors. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefty_(protein)
- Left-Right Determination Factors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24771128