Genetic interaction between Lef1 and Alx4 is required for early embryonic development

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 601-610

  Boras Granic, Kata ^a   Grosschedl, Rudolf ^b   Hamel, Paul A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alx4; Embryonic lethal; Lef1; Vasculature; Yolk sac

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN ARISTALESS LIKE 4; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; GESTATION PERIOD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD31; CROSSES, GENETIC; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PREGNANCY; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33748184917     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.062153kb     Document Type: Article

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