The dominant hemimelia mutation uncouples epithelial-mesenchymal interactions and disrupts anterior mesenchyme formation in mouse hindlimbs

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4729-4736

  Lettice, Laura ^a   Hecksher Sørensen, Jacob ^a   Hill, Robert E ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AER; Dh; Dominant hemimelia; Fgf10; Fgf4 Shh association; Fgf8; Hindlimb abnormalities; Mouse

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEMIMELIA; HINDLIMB; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HETEROZYGOTE; HINDLIMB; LIMB BUD; MALE; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; POLYDACTYLY; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032706644     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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