Mutations in Snail family genes enhance craniosynostosis of Twist1 haplo-insufficient mice: Implications for Saethre-Chotzen syndrome

Genetics

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 971-974

  Oram, Kathleen F ^a   Gridley, Thomas ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL SUTURE; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER REGION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAI1 GENE; SNAI2 GENE; TWIST1 GENE; WILD TYPE;

ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLIA; ANIMALS; CRANIAL SUTURES; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYDACTYLY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWIST TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 22144476206     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.041277     Document Type: Article

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