The VACTERL association: Lessons from the Sonic hedgehog pathway

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 306-315

  Kim, J H ^a   Kim, P C W ^a   Hui, Chi chung ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Gli transcription factors; Hedgehog signaling; Mouse developmental genetics; Organogenesis

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; ESOPHAGUS ATRESIA; GENE EXPRESSION; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; INTESTINE MALFORMATION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PALLISTER HALL SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; ANUS, IMPERFORATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0035025182     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.2001.590503.x     Document Type: Article

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