The bHLH transcription factor dHAND controls Sonic hedgehog expression and establishment of the zone of polarizing activity during limb development

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2461-2470

  Charité, Jeroen ^a,b   McFadden, David G ^a   Olson, Eric N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dHAND; Hand2; Limb development; Mouse; Sonic hedgehog; Zone of polarizing activity

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIMB MALFORMATION; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POLYDACTYLY; PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0034043442     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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