Hoxb13 mutations cause overgrowth of caudal spinal cordand tail vertebrae

Developmental Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 317-330

  Economides, Kyriakos D ^a,c   Zeltser, Lori ^b   Capecchi, Mario R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Axial skeleton; Hoxb genes; Hoxb13; Proliferation; Secondary neurulation; Tail

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HOX GENE; MALE; MESODERM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SPINAL CORD; TAIL; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALIA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0345505285     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(02)00137-9     Document Type: Article

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