Pitx2 regulates lung asymmetry, cardiac positioning and pituitary and tooth morphogenesis

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6750, 1999, Pages 279-282

  Lin, Chijen R ^a   Kloussi, Chrissa ^a   O'Connell, Shawn ^a   Briata, Paola ^a   Szeto, Daniel ^a   Liu, Forrest ^a   Izpisúa Belmonte, Juan Carlos ^b   Rosenfeld, Michael G ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; HEART DEVELOPMENT; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHIMERA; GENE DELETION; HEART; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LUNG; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; TOOTH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033575971     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/45803     Document Type: Article

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