Expressing Hoxa2 across the entire endochondral skeleton alters the shape of the skeletal template in a spatially restricted fashion

Differentiation

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 194-202

  Tavella, Sara ^a,b   Bobola, Nicoletta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endochondral ossification; Hox; Mouse; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 2 ALPHA1; HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN HOXA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; CARTILAGE; CHONDROCYTES; FACE; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEURAL CREST; SKULL;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77649339704     PISSN: 03014681     EISSN: 14320436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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