Physical forces may cause Hox gene collinearity in the primary and secondary axes of the developing vertebrates

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Papageorgiou, Spyros ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Collinearity; Hox; Limb; Trunk; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

DNA;

EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMEOBOX; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRUNK; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; GENES, HOMEOBOX; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79251485994     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2010.01218.x     Document Type: Review

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