The LIM homeodomain transcription factors Lhx6 and Lhx7 are key regulators of mammalian dentition

Developmental Biology

Volumn 333, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 324-336

  Denaxa, Myrto ^a   Sharpe, Paul T ^b   Pachnis, Vassilis ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Incisors; Lhx6; Lhx7; LIM homeodomain; Molars; Odontogenesis

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LIM PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGENESIS; ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; DENTITION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INCISOR; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLAR TOOTH; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 69049090677     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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