Otx1 and Otx2 activities are required for the normal development of the mouse inner ear

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2335-2343

  Morsli, Hakim ^a   Tuorto, Francesca ^b   Choo, Daniel ^a,c   Postiglione, Maria Pia ^b   Simeone, Antonio ^b   Wu, Doris K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Inner ear development; Mouse; Otx1; Otx2; Sensory organ

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INNER EAR; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCULUS; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSE ORGAN; UTRICLE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; EAR, INNER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRAMOLECULAR OXIDOREDUCTASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0032993290     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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