Genetic deletion of the EGFR ligand epigen does not affect mouse embryonic development and tissue homeostasis

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 319, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 529-535

  Dahlhoff, Maik ^a   Schäfer, Matthias ^b   Wolf, Eckhard ^a   Schneider, Marlon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EGFR; Epigen; Gene targeting; Knockout mouse

Indexed keywords

BETACELLULIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; EPIGEN; LIGAND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EGFR PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOSTASIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE HOMEOSTASIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

MUS;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HOMEOSTASIS; LIGANDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875531502     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: 10902422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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