Pituitary homeobox 2, a novel member of the bicoid-related family of homeobox genes, is a potential regulator of anterior structure formation

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 457-464

  Gage, Philip J ^a   Camper, Sally A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 3; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE MALFORMATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; HYPOPHYSIS DISEASE; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIEGER SYNDROME; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOOTH MALFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PITUITARY GLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031043428     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.3.457     Document Type: Article

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