Breaking colinearity in the mouse HoxD complex

Cell

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 407-417

  Kondo, Takashi ^a   Duboule, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONFORMATION; GASTRULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0033617267     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80749-7     Document Type: Article

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