Analysis of the vestigial tail mutation demonstrates that Wnt-3a gene dosage regulates mouse axial development

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-324

  Greco, Tamara L ^a   Takada, Shinji ^b,c   Newhouse, Matthew M ^a,d   McMahon, Jill A ^b   McMahon, Andrew P ^b   Camper, Sally A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial development; caudal somitogenesis; mouse; paraxial mesoderm; vestigial tail mutation; Wnt 3a gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 11; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRA;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0030027060     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.3.313     Document Type: Article

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