The ectodermal control in chick limb development: Wnt-7a, Shh, Bmp-2 and Bmp-4 expression and the effect of FGF-4 on gene expression

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-137

  Akita, Keiichi ^a,b   Francis West, Philippa ^c   Vargesson, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UMDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bmp 2; Bmp 4; chick; ectoderm; FGF 4; limb development; Shh; Wnt 7a

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CARTILAGE; CHICK EMBRYO; ECTODERM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMB BUD; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030459552     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(96)00606-5     Document Type: Article

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