Roles for laminin in embryogenesis: Exencephaly, syndactyly, and placentopathy in mice lacking the laminin α5 chain

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1713-1723

  Miner, Jeffrey H ^a   Cunningham, Jeanette ^a   Sanes, Joshua R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Development; Knockout mice; Limb deformities; Placenta

Indexed keywords

LAMININ;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXENCEPHALY; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNDACTYLY; TERATOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; LAMININ; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SKIN; SKULL; SYNDACTYLY;

ANIMALIA; LAMIINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032517785     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.6.1713     Document Type: Article

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