Hoxd13 expression in the developing limbs of the short-tailed fruit bat, Carollia perspicillata

Evolution and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-141

  Chen, Chih Hsin ^a,b   Cretekos, Chris J ^a   Rasweiler IV, John J ^c   Behringer, Richard R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ECOMORPHOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOSYNTHESIS; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 15544368562     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2005.05015.x     Document Type: Article

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