Targeted mutations in hoxa-9 and hoxb-9 reveal synergistic interactions

Developmental Biology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 186-196

  Chen, Feng ^a   Capecchi, Mario R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HOMEOBOX; HOX GENE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON MALFORMATION;

EID: 0031568299     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.8440     Document Type: Article

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