Backfoot is a novel homeobox gene expressed in the mesenchyme of developing hind limb

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 242-253

  Shang, Jin ^a   Luo, Ying ^b   Clayton, David A ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CLONTECH Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeodomain; Limb development; Mesenchyme

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HINDLIMB; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MESODERM; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031003751     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199706)209:2<242::AID-AJA10>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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