Ectopic expression of Msx-2 in posterior limb bud mesoderm impairs limb morphogenesis while inducing BMP-4 expression, inhibiting cell proliferation, and promoting apoptosis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-24

  Ferrari, Deborah ^a   Lichtler, Alexander C ^a   Pan, ZhongZong ^a   Dealy, Caroline N ^a   Upholt, William B ^a   Kosher, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME CELL; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; VIRUS EXPRESSION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032080590     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8880     Document Type: Article

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