Sp4, a member of the sp1-family of zinc finger transcription factors, is required for normal murine growth, viability, and male fertility

Developmental Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 284-299

  Supp, Dorothy M ^a   Witte, David P ^a   Branford, William W ^a   Smith, Eric P ^a   Potter, S Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME 12; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LETHAL MUTANT; LUNG ALVEOLUS EPITHELIUM; MALE FERTILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NOSE MUCOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0029944159     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0134     Document Type: Article

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