Formin defines a large family of morphoregulatory genes and functions in establishment of the polarising region

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-93

  Zeller, Rolf ^a,b   Haramis, Anna G ^a,c   Zuniga, Aimée ^a,b   McGuigan, Caroline ^a   Dono, Rosanna ^a,b   Davidson, Gary ^a   Chabanis, Sophie ^a   Gibson, Toby ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Formin; Limb deformity; Polarising region; SHH FGF 4 feedback loop; Vertebrate; Yeast; ZPA

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIMB MALFORMATION; MESENCHYME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXTREMITIES; FETAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MICE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032926113     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051269     Document Type: Review

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