The mouse Nkx2-3 homeodomain gene is expressed in gut mesenchyme during pre- and postnatal mouse development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-35

  Pabst, Oliver ^a   Schneider, André ^a   Brand, Thomas ^a   Arnold, Hans Henning ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

gut mesoderm; mouse development; NK 2 homeobox genes

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030899175     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199705)209:1<29::AID-AJA3>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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