Msx2 gene dosage influences the number of proliferative osteogenic cells in growth centers of the developing murine skull: A possible mechanism for MSX2-mediated craniosynostosis in humans

Developmental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 260-274

  Liu, Yi Hsin ^b   Tang, Zequn ^a   Kundu, Ramendra K ^a   Wu, Lanying ^a   Luo, Wen ^b   Zhu, Danhong ^b   Sangiorgi, Frank ^a   Snead, Malcolm L ^b   Maxson Jr , Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BONE GROWTH; CALVARIA; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SKULL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; CUCUMBER MOSAIC VIRUS; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033555425     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9114     Document Type: Article

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