Human limb abnormalities caused by disruption of hedgehog signaling

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 364-373

  Anderson, Eve ^a   Peluso, Silvia ^a   Lettice, Laura A ^a   Hill, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cilia; Limb abnormalities; Limb development; Polydactyly; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHONDROGENESIS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CILIARY MOTILITY; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIMB MALFORMATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ERINACEIDAE; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863869789     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2012.03.012     Document Type: Review

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