Targeted disruption of hoxc-4 causes esophageal defects and vertebral transformations

Developmental Biology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 232-249

  Boulet, Anne M ^a   Capecchi, Mario R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ESOPHAGUS MALFORMATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; HOMOZYGOTE; LETHALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

EID: 0030578422     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0159     Document Type: Article

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