Integrative biology and the developing limb bud

Evolution and Development

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 378-389

  Innis, Jeffrey W ^a   Margulies, Elliott H ^a,c   Kardia, Sharon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEOBOX PROTEIN HOXA13; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE; LIMB;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIMB BUD; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIMB BUD; MICE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036744142     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-142X.2002.02025.x     Document Type: Article

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