The glial cells missing-1 protein is essential for branching morphogenesis in the chorioallantoic placenta

Nature Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 311-314

  Anson Cartwright, Lynn ^a   Dawson, Kerri ^a   Holmyard, Doug ^a   Fisher, Susan J ^b   Lazzarini, Robert A ^c   Cross, James C ^a,d,e  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GLIA CELL; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA VILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHORION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PLACENTA; STEM CELLS; TROPHOBLASTS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033935126     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/77076     Document Type: Article

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