Altered Hox expression and increased cell death distinguish Hypodactyly from Hoxa13 null mice

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 287-294

  Post, Laura C ^a   Innis, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell death; Hoxa13; Hypodactyly; Limb development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CROSSING OVER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032815694     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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