The homeobox gene Msx1 is expressed in a subset of somites, and in muscle progenitor cells migrating into the forelimb

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2689-2701

  Houzelstein, Denis ^a,d   Auda Boucher, Gwenola ^b   Chéraud, Yvonnick ^b   Rouaud, Thierry ^b   Blanc, Isabelle ^a   Tajbakhsh, Shahragim ^c   Buckingham, Margaret E ^c   Fontaine Pérus, Josiane ^b   Robert, Benoît ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Differentiation; Heterospecific grafts; Homeodomain protein; Homologous recombination; In situ hybridisation; Mouse; Msx genes; Msx 1; Msx 2; Msx2; Muscle precursor cells; Pax 3; Pax3

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; HINDLIMB; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LEG MUSCLE; LIMB BUD; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; MYOTOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SOMITE; STEM CELL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EXTREMITIES; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIMB BUD; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MSX1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTOR 5; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WING;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032767788     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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