Inactivation of the Huntington's disease gene (Hdh) impairs anterior streak formation and early patterning of the mouse embryo

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Woda, Juliana M ^a   Calzonetti, Teresa ^a   Hilditch Maquire, Paige ^c   Duyao, Mabel P ^d   Conlon, Ronald A ^b   MacDonald, Marcy E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH FACTOR; HUNTINGTIN; POLYGLUTAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN; HUNTINGTON PROTEIN, MOUSE; NERVE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC MARKER; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; VISCERA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; DEFICIENCY; GASTRULA; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 24944547022     PISSN: 1471213X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-5-17     Document Type: Article

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