Craniofacial abnormalities induced by the ectopic expression of homeobox gene

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 396, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 97-112

  Whiting, Jenny ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brachial arch; Craniofacial development; Dysmorphology; Ectopic expression; Embryo; Gene expression; Hindbrain; Homeobox; Homeotic transformation; Hox code; Hox gene; Msx gene; Neural crest; Pax gene; Polycomb group gene; Positional information; Retinoic acid; Rhombomere; Teratogenesis; Transgenic mouse; Vertebrate development

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID;

CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; TERATOGENESIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0031566030     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(97)00177-2     Document Type: Article

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