Hoxc13 mutant mice lack external hair

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-20

  Godwin, Alan R ^a   Capecchi, Mario R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Filiform papillae; Gene targeting; Hair follicles; Hair keratins; Hox genes; Nails

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ALOPECIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; HAIR FOLLICLE; HOMEOBOX; MOUSE; NAIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031882022     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.1.11     Document Type: Article

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