Increased apoptosis of motoneurons and altered somatotopic maps in the brachial spinal cord of Hoxc-8-deficient mice

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 279-291

  Tiret, L ^a   Le Mouellic, H ^a   Maury, M ^a   Brulet P ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hox genes; Identity; Motoneuron; Mouse; Neuromuscular disorder; Somatotopic map

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREFOOT; FORELIMB; GROWTH CONE; HOMEOBOX; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CROSSES, GENETIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FOOT; FORELIMB; HAND STRENGTH; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031932513     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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