Genetic analysis of a Hoxd-12 regulatory element reveals global versus local modes of controls in the HoxD complex

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1669-1677

  Hérault, Yann ^a   Beckers, Johannes ^a   Kondo, Takashi ^a   Fraudeau, Nadine ^a   Duboule, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Hoxd 12; Limb development; Mouse; Transgene

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EXTREMITIES; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HINDLIMB; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LIMB BUD; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037592001     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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