The loss of ventral ectoderm identity correlates with the inability to form an AER in the legless hindlimb bud

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 74, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 41-50

  Bell, Sheila M ^a   Schreiner, Claire M ^a   Scott, William J ^a  

^a Div of Devmtl Biol Children's H   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical ectodermal ridge; cd44; cx 43; dlx 2; fgf 10; fgf 8; Hindlimb; Induction; Legless; Limb bud; lmx lb; Mouse; msx 2; Polarizing activity; shh; tbx 4; Ventral ectoderm

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HINDLIMB; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MESODERM; MOUSE MUTANT; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FETOPROTEIN; FGF10 PROTEIN, MOUSE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LIM HOMEOBOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1 BETA; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; SHH PROTEIN, MOUSE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN; WNT7A PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; ECTODERM; FETAL PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HINDLIMB; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 0032103727     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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