Pathogenesis of holoprosencephaly

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1403-1413

  Geng, Xin ^a   Oliver, Guillermo ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; DISPATCHED HOMOLOG 1; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 1; GROWTH FACTOR; MEGALIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN NODAL; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TERATOCARCINOMA DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 2;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROSENCEPHALON;

EID: 67650996756     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI38937     Document Type: Review

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