Hindlimb patterning and mandible development require the Ptx1 gene

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1805-1810

  Lanctôt, Christian ^a,c   Moreau, Alain ^a   Chamberland, Michel ^a   Tremblay, Michel L ^b   Drouin, Jacques ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Phenogene Therapeutics Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicoid related; Craniofacial development; Homeobox; Limb specification; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FEMUR; FIBULA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; HINDLIMB; HOMEOBOX; ILEUM; KNEE; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MANDIBLE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY PATTERNING; BONE AND BONES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HINDLIMB; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MANDIBLE; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OSTEOGENESIS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0033005419     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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