The role of Engrailed in establishing the dorsoventral axis of the chick limb

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2317-2324

  Logan, Cairine ^a   Hornbruch, Amata ^a   Campbell, Iano ^a   Lumsden, Andrew ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AER; Chick limb; Dorsoventral axis; Engrailed; Patterning

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; HOMEOBOX; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALPHARETROVIRUS; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; CHICK EMBRYO; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EXTREMITIES; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIMB BUD; MESODERM; MICE; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030855266     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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