Msx2 deficiency in mice causes pleiotropic defects in bone growth and ectodermal organ formation

Nature Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 391-395

  Satokata, Ichiro ^a,b   Ma, Liang ^a   Ohshima, Hayato ^c   Bei, Marianna ^a   Ian, Woo ^a   Nishizawa, Kazumichi ^b   Maeda, Takeyasu ^c   Takano, Yoshiro ^d   Uchiyama, Makoto ^b   Heaney, Shaun ^a   Peters, Heiko ^a   Tang, Zequn ^e   Maxson, Robert ^e   Maas, Richard ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE GROWTH; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; GENE LOSS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL DEVELOPMENT;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CEREBELLUM; CHONDROCYTES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECTODERMAL DYSPLASIA; HAIR FOLLICLE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; SEIZURES; TOOTH ABNORMALITIES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034029571     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/74231     Document Type: Article

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