Evidence for a Myotomal Hox/Myf Cascade Governing Nonautonomous Control of Rib Specification within Global Vertebral Domains

Developmental Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 655-661

  Vinagre, Tânia ^a   Moncaut, Natalia ^a,c   Carapuço, Marta ^a,d   Nóvoa, Ana ^a   Bom, Joana ^a   Mallo, Moisés ^a,b  

^a Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência ^*  (Portugal)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DENTÁRIA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Devbio

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; GENE PRODUCT; HOX PROTEIN; HOX10 PROTEIN; HOX6 PROTEIN; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR 5; MYOGENIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR A; PROTEIN DLL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOXA10 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MYF5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MYOGENIC FACTOR; MYOGENIC FACTOR 6; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FETUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOUSE; MYOTOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RIB; SCLEROTOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRA; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS;

ANIMALS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTOR 5; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 77951925267     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2010.02.011     Document Type: Article

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