Mouse Hoxa2 mutations provide a model for microtia and auricle duplication

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 4386-4397

  Minoux, Maryline ^a,b   Kratochwil, Claudius F ^a,c   Ducret, Sébastien ^a   Amin, Shilu ^d   Kitazawa, Taro ^e   Kurihara, Hiroki ^e   Bobola, Nicoletta ^d   Vilain, Nathalie ^a   Rijli, Filippo M ^a,c  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auricle; BMP; Craniofacial development; External auditory canal; External ear; Hox; Neural crest; Pharyngeal arch; Pinna

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; EYA1 PROTEIN; HOXA2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; EXTERNAL EAR; GENE MAPPING; MESENCHYME; MICROTIA; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AURICLE; BMP; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; EXTERNAL EAR; HOX; NEURAL CREST; PHARYNGEAL ARCH; PINNA;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EAR; EAR AURICLE; EAR CANAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MESODERM; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; NEURAL CREST; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 84885605756     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.098046     Document Type: Article

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