What are the Hox genes? Their importance in vascular and renal diseases;¿Qué son los genes Hox? Su importancia en la enfermedad vascular y renal

Nefrologia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-205

  Hernandez Perera O ^a   Marrero, A ^a   Rodríguez Pérez, José C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GRAN CANARIA DR NEGRÍN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAPEDIA PROTEIN; CUTL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; HHEX PROTEIN, HUMAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PRRX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTENNAPEDIA HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33748080463     PISSN: 02116995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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