Conditional expression of Wnt4 during chondrogenesis leads to dwarfism in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Lee, Hu Hui ^a,b   Behringer, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CRE RECOMBINASE; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; GTROSA26 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PRIMER DNA; PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN A; WNT PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DWARFISM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH PLATE; HETEROZYGOTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHONDROGENESIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DWARFISM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 37249045392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000450     Document Type: Article

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