Characterization of the Gbx1-/- Mouse Mutant: A Requirement for Gbx1 in Normal Locomotion and Sensorimotor Circuit Development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Buckley, Desirè M ^a   Burroughs Garcia, Jessica ^a   Lewandoski, Mark ^b   Waters, Samuel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXON; GAIT; GBX1 GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOMEOBOX; HOMOZYGOTE; LOCOMOTION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; LOXP SITE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HINDLIMB; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAMENESS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84873891291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056214     Document Type: Article

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