Acquisition of Hox codes during gastrulation and axial elongation in the mouse embryo

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 3807-3819

  Forlani, Sylvie ^a,b   Lawson, Kirstie A ^a   Deschamps, Jacqueline ^a  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

AP patterning; Clonal analysis; Gastrulation; Hox genes; Hoxb1; Hoxb4; Hoxb8; Mouse

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL LINEAGE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EXPLANT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC REGULATION; HOX GENE; MESODERM; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EMBRYO; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0042510149     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00573     Document Type: Review

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