Hlx homeo box gene is essential for an inductive tissue interaction that drives expansion of embryonic liver and gut

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 70-79

  Hentsch, Bernd ^a,b   Lyons, Ian ^a,c   Li, Ruili ^a   Hartley, Lynne ^a   Lints, Thierry J ^a,d   Adams, Jerry M ^a   Harvey, Richard P ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c Bresatec Ltd   (Australia)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

gene targeting; gut; hematopoiesis; Homeo box gene; liver; organogenesis

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HOMEOBOX; INTESTINE MALFORMATION; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030046511     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.1.70     Document Type: Article

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