Hox genes and kidney patterning

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-23

  Patterson, Larry T ^a   Potter, S Steven ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hox; Kidney development; Metanephric mesenchyme; Morphogens

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MORPHOGEN;

CELL FUNCTION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOX GENE; KIDNEY CELL; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MUTATION;

EID: 0037225251     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041552-200301000-00004     Document Type: Review

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