Enx (HOX11L1)-deficient mice develop myenteric neuronal hyperplasia and megacolon

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 646-650

  Shirasawa, Senji ^a   Yunker, Anne Marie R ^a   Roth, Kevin A ^a   Brown, Gary A ^a   Horning, Susan ^a   Korsmeyer, Stanley J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; ILEUM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MEGACOLON; MOUSE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; COLON; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYPERPLASIA; ILEUM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEGACOLON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030914364     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0697-646     Document Type: Article

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