Axial and appendicular skeletal transformations, ligament alterations, and motor neuron loss in Hoxc10 mutants

International Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 397-410

  Hostikka, Sirkka Liisa ^a   Gong, Jun ^a   Carpenter, Ellen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hindlimb; Hox gene; Locomotor behavior; Motor neuron; Patterning; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

MUS; VERTEBRATA;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOX 3.6 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; LIGAMENT; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL LINE; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SPINE;

EID: 70249090782     PISSN: 14492288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.5.397     Document Type: Article

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