Plac1 (placenta-specific 1) is widely expressed during fetal development and is associated with a lethal form of hydrocephalus

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 571-577

  Kong, Xiaoyuan ^a   Jackman, Suzanne M ^a   Fant, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Embryo; Hydrocephalus; Plac1; Placenta; X Chromosome

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PLACENTA SPECIFIC 1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS HEART; FETUS LIVER; FETUS LUNG; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROCEPHALUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST;

MURINAE; MUS;

BIRTH DEFECTS; EMBRYO; HYDROCEPHALUS; PLAC1; PLACENTA; X-CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84884706588     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23171     Document Type: Article

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