Evidence for genetic control of Sonic hedgehog by Gli3 in mouse limb development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-182

  Büscher, Dirk ^a   Bosse, Birgit ^a   Heymer, Joachim ^a   Rüther, Ulrich ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

apical ectodermal ridge; Fgfs; polarising activity; polydactyly

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EXTREMITIES; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYDACTYLY; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0040976312     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00656-4     Document Type: Article

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