Genetic interactions suggest that Danforth's short tail (Sd) is a gain- of-function mutation

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-96

  Zachgo, Jochen ^a,d   Korn, Reinhard ^b   Gossler, Achim ^c  

^a Max Delbruck Laboratorium der Max Planck Gesellschaft   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Danforth's short tail; Genetic interaction; Mutation; Notochord development

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHROMOSOME 2; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON MALFORMATION; SOMITE; TAIL; VERTEBRA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAC OPERON; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NOTOCHORD; PHENOTYPE; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031870637     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1998)23:1<86::AID-DVG9>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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