Comparison of models for the collinearity of hox genes in the developmental axes of vertebrates

Current Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 245-251

  Papageorgiou, Spyros ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chromatin; Collinearity; Hox genes; Limb; Mouse; Trunk; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HOX GENE; NONHUMAN; TRUNK; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84860519871     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920212800543093     Document Type: Article

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