Alx3-deficient mice exhibit folic acid-resistant craniofacial midline and neural tube closure defects

Developmental Biology

Volumn 344, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 869-880

  Lakhwani, Sita ^a   García Sanz, Patricia ^a,b   Vallejo, Mario ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alx3 promoter; Aristaless; Craniofacial development; Folic acid; Homeodomain; Neural tube; Transcription

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN ALX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; DRUG MECHANISM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

MUS;

EID: 77955266658     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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