Dlx homeobox gene control of mammalian limb and craniofacial development

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 140, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1366-1374

  Kraus, Petra ^a   Lufkin, Thomas ^a  

^a GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

AER; Bone; Development; Distal less; Ectrodactyly; Embryo; Homeodomain; Limb; Patterning; SHFM

Indexed keywords

BONE DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRANCHIAL ARCH; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; DLX GENE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EXTREMITIES; FACIAL BONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; SKULL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745632810     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.31252     Document Type: Review

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