Hox genes and segmentation of the hindbrain and axial skeleton

Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 25, Issue , 2009, Pages 431-456

  Alexander, Tara ^a   Nolte, Christof ^a   Krumlauf, Robb ^a  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudal homeobox gene (Cdx); Colinearity; Fibroblast growth factor (Fgf); Global patterning; Homeotic transformation; Mesoderm; Neural crest; Retinoic acid (RA); Rhombomeres; Somites; Variant hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 gene (vhnf1); Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1BETA; HOX PROTEIN; RETINOID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

AUTOREGULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HEAD; HOX GENE; MESODERM; NEUROMERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE AND BONES; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MESODERM; RHOMBENCEPHALON; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350217448     PISSN: 10810706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.042308.113423     Document Type: Review

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