Functional analysis of limb enhancers in the developing fin

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 395-399

  Booker, Betty M ^a   Murphy, Karl K ^a   Ahituv, Nadav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AER; Enhancers; Fin; Limb; Mesenchyme; ZPA

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENHANCER REGION; FIN (ORGAN); GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84888636059     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: 1432041X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-013-0453-9     Document Type: Article

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