Survival of Hoxa13 homozygous mutants reveals a novel role in digit patterning and appendicular skeletal development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 446-457

  Perez, Wilma D ^a,b   Weller, Crystal R ^c   Shou, Siming ^d   Stadler, H Scott ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult phenotype; Gdf5; HOXA13; Mesenchymal condensation; Skeletal development; Sox9

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN HOXA13; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BMP2 GENE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; FINGER; GDF5 GENE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; HOMOZYGOTE; HOXA 13 GENE; LIMB DEFECT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FOOT BONES; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 5; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; SKELETON; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 75149173505     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22183     Document Type: Article

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