Analysis of Hoxa7/Hoxb7 mutants suggests periodicity in the generation of the different sets of vertebrae

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-57

  Chen, Feng ^a   Greer, Joy ^a   Capecchi, Mario R ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene targeting; Hox gene; Vertebral development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PENETRANCE; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB MALFORMATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RIBS; SPINE; STEM CELLS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032171061     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00126-9     Document Type: Article

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