Initiation, establishment and maintenance of Hox gene expression patterns in the mouse

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 635-650

  Deschamps, Jacqueline ^a   Van Den Akker, Eric ^a   Forlani, Sylvie ^a   De Graaff, Wim ^a   Oosterveen, Tony ^a   Roelen, Bernard ^a   Roelfsema, Jeroen ^a  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antero posterior patterning; Hox genes; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHROMATIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIMB BUD; MICE;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033375380     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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