Paralogous Hox genes: Function and regulation

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue , 1996, Pages 529-556

  Maconochie, Mark ^a   Nonchev, Stefan ^a   Morrison, Alastair ^a   Krumlauf, Robb ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

development; evolution; gene regulation; Hox mutant; pattern formation

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HUMANS;

EID: 0030443505     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.genet.30.1.529     Document Type: Review

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