Transcriptional interferences at the Hoxa4/Hoxa5 locus: Importance of correct Hoxa5 expression for the proper specification of the axial skeleton

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 141-156

  Aubin, Josée ^a   Lemieux, Margot ^a   Tremblay, Michel ^a   Behringer, Richard R ^b   Jeannotte, Lucie ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial specification; Differential expression; Genetic background; Hox genes

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CERVICAL SPINE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER GIRDLE; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031970429     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199805)212:1<141::AID-AJA13>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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