Msx3: A novel murine homologue of the Drosophila msh homeobox gene restricted to the dorsal embryonic central nervous system

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 203-215

  Wang, Weidong ^a   Chen, Xiaowei ^a   Xu, Hong ^a   Lufkin, Thomas ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Drosophila; Homeobox; msh; Msx3

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMOSOME 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HOMEOBOX; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030219763     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(96)00562-X     Document Type: Article

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