Time space translation: A Hox mechanism for vertebrate A-P patterning

Current Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 300-307

  Durston, A J ^a   Wacker, S ^b   Bardine, N ^a   Jansen, H J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colinearity; Gastrulation; Hox; Metagene; Time space translation; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTION; GASTRULATION; HOX GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84862618601     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920212800793375     Document Type: Article

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