Embryology of the upper limb: The molecular orchestration of morphogenesis

Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 98-107

  Oberg, Kerby C ^a,b   Greer, L F ^a   Naruse, T ^a,c  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMP; FGF; HOX genes; Limb anomalies; Limb development; Patterning; Review; SHH; Signal transduction; Transcription factors; WNT

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 5; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ARM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOX GENE; HUMAN; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIMB MALFORMATION; MORPHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 2642548296     PISSN: 07221819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-817871     Document Type: Review

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