Chapter 1 Modeling Neural Tube Defects in the Mouse

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 84, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-35

  Zohn, Irene E ^a   Sarkar, Anjali A ^a  

^a Children's National Medical Center   (Colombia)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DISEASE MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MOUSE; MUTATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEURULATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENVIRONMENT; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEURULATION;

EID: 58749113662     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(08)00601-7     Document Type: Review

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