Expression patterns of Twist and Fgfr1, -2 and -3 in the developing mouse coronal suture suggest a key role for Twist in suture initiation and biogenesis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 341-345

  Johnson, D ^a,b   Iseki, S ^c,d   Wilkie, A O M ^a,b   Morriss Kay, G M ^c  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Craniosynostosis; Fgfr1; Fgfr2; Fgfr3; In situ hybridization; Mouse fetus; Skull; Suture; Twist

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKULL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CRANIAL SUTURES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 1; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 2; RECEPTOR, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR, TYPE 3; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034002459     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00278-6     Document Type: Article

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