The expression pattern of nodal and lefty in the mouse mutant Ft suggests a function in the establishment of handedness

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 5-11

  Heymer, Joachim ^a   Kuehn, Michael ^b   Rüther, Ulrich ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fused toes mutation; Handedness; Left right development; Lefty; Nodal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HANDEDNESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITUS INVERSUS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART; HOMOZYGOTE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; TAIL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030929040     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00084-1     Document Type: Article

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