Targeted disruption of the homeobox transcription factor Nkx2-3 in mice results in postnatal lethality and abnormal development of small intestine and spleen

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2215-2225

  Pabst, Oliver ^a   Zweigerdt, Robert ^a   Arnold, Hans Henning ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Gene knockout; Growth regulation; Gut; Homeodomain transcription factor; Mouse; Nkx2 3; Spleen

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE INACTIVATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; INTESTINE MALFORMATION; INTESTINE VILLUS; LETHALITY; LYMPH VESSEL; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AVIAN PROTEINS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SPLEEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032974961     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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