Twist1 homodimers enhance FGF responsiveness of the cranial sutures and promote suture closure

Developmental Biology

Volumn 318, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-334

  Connerney, Jeannette ^a,b   Andreeva, Viktoria ^a   Leshem, Yael ^a   Mercado, Miguel A ^a   Dowell, Karen ^a   Yang, Xuehei ^a   Lindner, Volkhard ^a,b   Friesel, Robert E ^a,b   Spicer, Douglas B ^a,b  

^a Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bHLH; BMP; Calvaria; Craniofacial; Craniosynostosis; FGF; FGFR2; Osteoblast differentiation; Sutures; Twist1

Indexed keywords

DIMER; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HOMODIMER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL SUTURE; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HAPLOIDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MUS;

EID: 44349160002     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.03.037     Document Type: Article

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