Transferrin and its receptor in the development of genetically determined neural tube defects in the mouse embryo

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-46

  Hoyle, Christine ^a,b   Henderson, Deborah J ^a   Matthews, David J ^a   Copp, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibody; Curly tail; Embryo; Gene expression; Gut endoderm; In situ hybridisation; Mouse; Mutant; Neural tube defects; Neurulation; Posttranscriptional control; Transferrin; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029766538     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199609)207:1<35::AID-AJA4>3.3.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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