The winged helix transcription factor FKh10 is required for normal development of the inner ear

Nature Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 374-376

  Hulander, Malin ^a   Wurst, Wolfgang ^b   Carlsson, Peter ^a   Enerbäck, Sven ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INNER EAR; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; EAR, INNER; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES;

EID: 0031740943     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/3850     Document Type: Article

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