The Sonic hedgehog gradient in the developing limb

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 275-290

  Tickle, Cheryll ^a   Barker, Heather ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN D2; CYCLOPAMINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC 1 PROTEIN; HHIP1 PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE INHIBITOR; HOXA PROTEIN; HOXD13 PROTEIN; HUMAN PLACENTAL ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE REPORTER; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; SALL2 PROTEIN; SALL3 PROTEIN; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SMAD5 PROTEIN; SMAD8 PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TBX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIMB MALFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PALMITOYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIMB; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS;

ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHICK EMBRYO; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WING;

EID: 84886308500     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.70     Document Type: Article

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