Genetic analysis of a conserved sequence in the HoxD complex: Regulatory redundancy or limitations of the transgenie approach

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Beckers, Johannes ^a,b   Duboule, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cell technology; HoxD complex; Region X; Targeted mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSGENE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031823341     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0177(199809)213:1<1::aid-aja1>3.0.co;2-l     Document Type: Article

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