Targeted inactivation of Hoxb8 affects survival of a spinal ganglion and causes aberrant limb reflexes

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 103-114

  Van Den Akker, Eric ^a   Reijnen, Mark ^a   Korving, Jeroen ^a   Brouwer, Antje ^a   Meijlink, Frits ^a   Deschamps, Jacqueline ^a  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Hoxb8; Limb; Patterning; Spinal ganglia; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXON; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; LIMB; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SPINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BODY PATTERNING; EXONS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; SPINE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0032754386     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00212-9     Document Type: Article

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