The incomplete inactivation of Fgf8 in the limb ectoderm affects the morphogenesis of the anterior autopod through BMP-mediated cell death

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 649-658

  Delgado, Irene ^a   Domínguez Frutos, Elena ^b   Schimmang, Thomas ^b   Ros, Maria A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c University of Cantabria   (Spain)

Author keywords

AER; Apical ectodermal ridge; Cell death; Fgf8; Oligodactyly; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; ECTODERM; EXTREMITIES; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE DELETION; LIMB BUDS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 40849124152     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21452     Document Type: Article

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