Loss of Tbx4 blocks hindlimb development and affects vascularization and fusion of the allantois

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2681-2693

  Naiche, L A ^a   Papaioannou, Virginia E ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Allantois; Limb; Mouse; T box; Tbx4; Vasculogenesis

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 10; MUTANT PROTEIN; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TBX4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; CHORION; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FETUS MEMBRANE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH REGULATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HINDLIMB; HOMOZYGOSITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MEMBRANE FUSION; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; GENETICS; LEG; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ALLANTOIS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; LIMB BUD; LOWER EXTREMITY; MICE; MUTATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 0041971124     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00504     Document Type: Review

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