The Hox complex - An interview with Denis Duboule

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 717-723

  Richardson, Michael K ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Duboule D.; Evo Devo; Hox; Richardson M.K.

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HISTORY; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIMB; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VERTEBRATES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 69449100609     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072558mr     Document Type: Review

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