Early onset of craniosynostosis in an Apert mouse model reveals critical features of this pathology

Developmental Biology

Volumn 328, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-284

  Holmes, Greg ^a   Rothschild, Gerson ^a   Roy, Upal Basu ^a   Deng, Chu Xia ^a,b   Mansukhani, Alka ^a   Basilico, Claudio ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Apert syndrome; Calvaria; Coronal suture; Craniosynostosis; Fgfr2; Intramembranous ossification; Mouse; Osteoblast

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL SYNOSTOSIS; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOBLAST; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; SUTURE;

EID: 63349106487     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.01.026     Document Type: Article

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