The ion channel polycystin-2 is required for left-right axis determination in mice

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 938-943

  Pennekamp, Petra ^a   Karcher, Christina ^c   Fischer, Anja ^c   Schweickert, Axel ^c   Skryabin, Boris ^b   Horst, Jürgen ^a   Blum, Martin ^c,d   Dworniczak, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LATERALITY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; TRPP CATION CHANNELS;

ANURA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYCYSTIN; POLYCYSTIN 2;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0037018850     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00869-2     Document Type: Article

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