Gene transpositions in the HoxD complex reveal a hierarchy of regulatory controls

Cell

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1025-1035

  Van Der Hoeven, Frank ^a   Zákány, József ^a   Duboule, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; FETUS; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMB; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030604724     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81303-3     Document Type: Article

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