Median facial clefts in Xenopus laevis: Roles of retinoic acid signaling and homeobox genes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 229-240

  Kennedy, Allyson E ^a   Dickinson, Amanda J G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Lhx8; Msx2; Primary palate; Retinoic acid; Upper lip; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN LHX8; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHONDROPATHY; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GROWTH REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; LHX8 GENE; MORPHOGENESIS; MSX2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALATE MORPHOGENESIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RARGAMMA GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE GROWTH; UPPER LIP MORPHOGENESIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84859436519     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.02.033     Document Type: Article

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