T-box genes and the formation of vertebrate forelimb- and hindlimb specific pattern

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-66

  Simon, Hans Georg ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Limb development; Limb identity; Limb regeneration; T box genes; Tbx2; Tbx3; Tbx4; Tbx5

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; FORELIMB; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HINDLIMB; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIMB MALFORMATION; LIMB REGENERATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0032960272     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410051266     Document Type: Review

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