Conditional inactivation of Fgf4 reveals complexity of signalling during limb bud development

Nature Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-86

  Sun, Xin ^a   Lewandoski, Mark ^a   Meyers, Erik N ^a   Liu, Yi Hsin ^b   Maxson Jr , Robert E ^b   Martin, Gail R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE INACTIVATION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EGG PROTEINS; FEEDBACK; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, LETHAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; LIMB BUD; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRAL PROTEINS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034103657     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/75644     Document Type: Article

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