Regulation of anterior/posterior patterning of the axial skeleton by growth/differentiation factor 11

Nature Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 260-264

  McPherron, Alexandra C ^a   Lawler, Ann M ^a   Lee, Se Jin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; MYOSTATIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HINDLIMB; MESODERM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOMITE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033052036     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/10320     Document Type: Article

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