Targeted disruption of the mouse villin gene does not impair the morphogenesis of microvilli

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-121

  Pinson, Kathleen I ^a   Dunbar, Laura ^a   Samuelson, Linda ^a   Gumucio, Deborah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Brush border development; Embryonic stem cells; Homologous recombination; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; VILLIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRUSH BORDER; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MICROVILLUS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; GENES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROVILLI; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOSINS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUCRASE-ISOMALTASE COMPLEX;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031984186     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199801)211:1<109::AID-AJA10>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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