Curly tail: A 50-year history of the mouse spina bifida model

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 225-237

  Van Straaten, H W M ^a   Copp, Andrew J ^b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial curvature; Inositol; NTD mutant; Proliferation disturbance; RARs

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIER; FOLIC ACID; GENE PRODUCT; INOSITOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GROWTH DISORDER; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINA BIFIDA; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CROSSES, GENETIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENT; FOLIC ACID; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TAIL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035041246     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004290100169     Document Type: Review

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