Gradient model describes the spatial-temporal expression pattern of Hoxa genes in the developing vertebrate limb

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 461-469

  Papageorgiou, Spyros ^a,b   Almirantis, Yannis ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apical ectodermal ridge; Limb development; Morphogen gradient

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; FORECASTING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIMB BUD; MATHEMATICS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029909705     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199612)207:4<461::AID-AJA10>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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