Tendons and muscles of the mouse forelimb during embryonic development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 693-700

  Watson, Spences S ^a   Riordan, Timothy J ^a,b   Pryce, Brian A ^a   Schweitzer, Ronen ^a,c  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forelimb; Mouse embryo; Muscles; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FORELIMB; LIGAMENT; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MUSCLES; TENDONS;

EID: 61649093035     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21866     Document Type: Article

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