Cdx and Hox Genes Differentially Regulate Posterior Axial Growth in Mammalian Embryos

Developmental Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 516-526

  Young, Teddy ^a   Rowland, Jennifer Elizabeth ^b   van de Ven, Cesca ^a   Bialecka, Monika ^a   Novoa, Ana ^b   Carapuco, Marta ^b   van Nes, Johan ^a   de Graaff, Wim ^a   Duluc, Isabelle ^c   Freund, Jean Noël ^c   Beck, Felix ^d   Mallo, Moises ^b,e   Deschamps, Jacqueline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

DEVBIO

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 26A1; HOX PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY PATTERNING; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SKELETON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRETINOIN; WNT PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 70349980833     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2009.08.010     Document Type: Article

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