Joining the fingers: A HOXD13 story

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-48

  Brison, Nathalie ^a   Debeer, Philippe ^b   Tylzanowski, Przemko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chick limb; HOXD13; Synpolydactyly

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RETROVIRUS VECTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICK; CONGENITAL DISORDER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FINGER; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOXD13 GENE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LIMB MALFORMATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SYNDACTYLY; SYNPOLYDACTYLY; TOE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; SYNDACTYLY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84890855594     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24037     Document Type: Review

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