The role of Pax3 and Pax7 in development and cancer

Critical Reviews in Oncogenesis

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 141-149

  Mansouri, Ahmed ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Myogenesis; Paired box; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Somite

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOMITE; WAARDENBURG SYNDROME;

EID: 0032468024     PISSN: 08939675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/critrevoncog.v9.i2.40     Document Type: Article

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