Attenuation of bone morphogenetic protein signaling during amphibian limb development results in the generation of stage-specific defects

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 474-488

  Jones, Tamsin E M ^a,b   Day, Robert C ^a   Beck, Caroline W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein; Growth and differentiation factor (GDF); Limb development; N1 transgenic line; Noggin; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 6; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 10; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 5; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 6; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; NOGGIN; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BRACHYDACTYLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTRODACTYLY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEFECT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MUSCLE TONE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; GROWTH AND DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR (GDF); LIMB DEVELOPMENT; N1 TRANSGENIC LINE; NOGGIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EXTREMITIES; LIMB BUDS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 84885435504     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12098     Document Type: Article

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