Craniosynostosis of coronal suture in Twist1 +/- mice occurs through endochondral ossification recapitulating the physiological closure of posterior frontal suture

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn JUL, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Behr, Björn ^a,b   Longaker, Michael T ^a   Quarto, Natalina ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Canonical Wnt signaling; Cranial suture; Craniosynostosis; Endochondral ossification; Twist haploinsuf ficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866037117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2011.00037     Document Type: Article

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