Function of rieger syndrome gene in left-right asymmetry and craniofacial development

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6750, 1999, Pages 276-278

  Lu, Mel Fang ^a   Pressman, Carolyn ^b   Dyer, Rex ^a   Johnson, Randy L ^b   Martin, James F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; MANDIBLE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIEGER SYNDROME; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CRANIOFACIAL ABNORMALITIES; GENE TARGETING; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LUNG; MICE; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033575873     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/45797     Document Type: Article

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