Craniosynostosis in Twist heterozygous mice: A model for Saethre-Chotzen syndrome

Anatomical Record

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 90-92

  Carver, Ethan A ^a   Oram, Kathleen F ^a   Gridley, Thomas ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

BHLH protein; Craniofacial defects; Craniosynostosis; Saethre Chotzen syndrome; Twist

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CALVARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL SUTURE; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DISEASE MODEL; GENE REPLICATION; HETEROZYGOTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTREMITIES; HETEROZYGOTE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SKULL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036788297     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.10124     Document Type: Article

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