Abnormal mesenchymal differentiation in the superior semicircular canal of Brn4/Pou3f4 knockout mice

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-45

  Sobol, Steven E ^a,b,c   Teng, Xiuyin ^a   Crenshaw III, E Bryan ^a,b,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PROTEIN P10; PROTEIN P14;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRN4 GENE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE DYSMORPHIA; GENE; HISTOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LAMELLAR BODY; MESENCHYME CELL; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERILYMPH; PHENOTYPE; POU3F4 GENE; TIME;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 12144263433     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.1.41     Document Type: Article

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