Hox group 3 paralogs regulate the development and migration of the thymus, thyroid, and parathyroid glands

Developmental Biology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-15

  Manley, Nancy R ^a,b   Capecchi, Mario R ^a  

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

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PARATHYROID GLAND; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS; THYROID GLAND; ULTIMOBRANCHIAL BODY;

EID: 0032030895     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8827     Document Type: Article

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