Axial Hox9 activity establishes the posterior field in the developing forelimb

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4888-4891

  Xu, Ben ^a   Wellik, Deneen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand2 Shh gene regulation; Hox function; Limb anteroposterior patterning; Mouse genetics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FORELIMB; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GLI3 GENE; HAND2 GENE; HOX9 GENE; HOXA9 GENE; HOXB9 GENE; HOXC9 GENE; HOXD9 GENE; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGANOGENESIS;

EID: 79953206643     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1018161108     Document Type: Article

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