Analysis of the genetic pathway leading to formation of ectopic apical ectodermal ridges in mouse Engrailed-1 mutant limbs

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1137-1148

  Loomis, Cynthia A ^a,b   Kimmel, Robin A ^b   Tong, Chun Xiang ^a   Michaud, Jacques ^c   Joyner, Alexandra L ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AER; Engrailed 1; Limb development; Lmx1b; Mouse; Wnt7a

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; ECTOPIC TISSUE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ECTODERM; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENETIC MARKERS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; WNT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; GOES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031919712     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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