Thymus, kidney and craniofacial abnormalities in Six1 deficient mice

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 669-679

  Laclef, Christine ^a   Souil, Evelyne ^a   Demignon, Josiane ^a   Maire, Pascal ^a  

^a INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglia; Kidney; Nasal development; Otic placode; Rathke's pouch; Six sine oculis homeoproteins; Thymus

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; FETUS MALFORMATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; INNER EAR; KIDNEY DISEASE; LACRIMAL GLAND; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; ORGANOGENESIS; PAROTID GLAND; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; STAINING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNDROME; THYMUS DISEASE;

MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038016516     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(03)00065-0     Document Type: Article

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