The Nf2 tumor suppressor gene product is essential for extraembryonic development immediately prior to gastrulation

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1253-1265

  McClatchey, Andrea I ^a   Saotome, Ichiko ^a,b   Ramesh, Vijaya ^c   Gusella, James F ^c   Jacks, Tyler ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ERM; extraembryonic ectoderm; gastrulation; Merlin; neurofibromatosis type II; tumor suppressor gene

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CYTOSKELETON; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESODERM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0030924657     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.10.1253     Document Type: Article

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