Targeted mutagenesis of the POU-domain gene Brn4/Pou3f4 causes developmental defects in the inner ear

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 5980-5989

  Phippard, Deborah ^a   Lu, Lihui ^a   Lee, Daniel ^a   Saunders, James C ^a   Crenshaw III, E Bryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brn4 Pou3f4; Epithelial mesenchymal interaction; Inner ear development; POU domain transcription factor; Stapes; Targeted mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN BRN4; PROTEIN POU3F4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE TARGETING; INNER EAR MALFORMATION; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0033565422     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-14-05980.1999     Document Type: Article

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