Genetic approaches to understanding brain development: Holoprosencephaly as a model

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-21

  Muenke, Maximilian ^a,b   Cohen Jr , M Michael ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain development; Holoprosencephaly; Sonic hedgehog gene

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CYCLOPIA; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS; FOREBRAIN; GENE MUTATION; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BRAIN; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMANS; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0034008972     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(2000)6:1<15::AID-MRDD3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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