Positioning of the mouse Hox gene clusters in the nuclei of developing embryos and differentiating embryoid bodies

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 313, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1449-1459

  Lanctôt, Christian ^a   Kaspar, Cornelius ^a   Cremer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embryoid bodies; Embryos; Gene density; Gene kissing; Gene positioning; Hox clusters

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; HOMEOBOX; HOXB GENE; HOXC GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33947712256     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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