Insertional mutation of the mouse Msx1 homeobox gene by an nlacZ reporter gene

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 123-133

  Houzelstein, Denis ^a   Cohen, Arlette ^a   Buckingham, Margaret E ^a   Robert, Benoît ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Homeobox genes; Mouse embryogenesis; Msx1; Msx2

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLEFT PALATE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; FACE MALFORMATION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REGULATOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MSX1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; GENETTA;

EID: 0031193368     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00065-8     Document Type: Article

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