Function of the Evx-2 gene in the morphogenesis of vertebrate limbs

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 6727-6738

  Hérault, Yann ^a   Hraba Renevey, Suzanne ^a   Van Der Hoeven, Frank ^a   Duboule, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Development; Digits; Even skipped; Gene targeting; Genitalia

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029803533     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb01062.x     Document Type: Article

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