The murine Bapx1 homeobox gene plays a critical role in embryonic development of the axial skeleton and spleen

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 5699-5711

  Tribioli, Carla ^a,b   Lufkin, Thomas ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Axial skeleton; Bapx1; Chondrogenesis; Homeobox; Mouse; Spleen

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE DYSPLASIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 4P; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTOME; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETON; SKULL; SKULL MALFORMATION; SPINE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPLEEN; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COLLAGEN; CORE BINDING FACTOR ALPHA 1 SUBUNIT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TARGETING; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 3; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SPINE; SPLEEN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033379122     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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