Diffusible signals and epigenetic timing cooperate in late proximo-distal limb patterning

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1534-1543

  Roselló Díez, Alberto ^a,b   Arques, Carlos G ^a,c   Delgado, Irene ^a   Giovinazzo, Giovanna ^a   Torres, Miguel ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CARDIOVASCULARES CNIC   (Spain)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chick; Epigenetics; FGF; Hox; Meis; Mouse; Patterning; Proximo distal; Retinoic acid; Vertebrate limb

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 26B1; HISTONE; MEIS1 PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA11; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOXA13; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FOREARM; GENE EXPRESSION; HINDLIMB; HISTONE ACETYLATION; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEFECT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CHICK; EPIGENETICS; FGF; HOX; MEIS; MOUSE; PATTERNING; PROXIMO-DISTAL; RETINOIC ACID; VERTEBRATE LIMB;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHICK EMBRYO; DIFFUSION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896301616     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.106831     Document Type: Article

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