Foxa1 and Foxa2 Are Required for Formation of the Intervertebral Discs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Maier, Jennifer A ^a   Lo, YinTing ^a   Harfe, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; OSSIFICATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SCLEROTOME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE; SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-ALPHA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NEURAL TUBE; NOTOCHORD; ORGANOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 84873192020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055528     Document Type: Article

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