Genetics of ventral forebrain development and holoprosencephaly

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 262-269

  Muenke, Maximilian ^a,b   Beachy, Philip A ^c  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHROMOSOME 2P; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOREBRAIN; GASTRULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034107360     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00084-8     Document Type: Review

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