Key pathways regulated by HoxA9,10,11/HoxD9,10,11 during limb development

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Raines, Anna M ^a   Magella, Bliss ^a   Adam, Mike ^a   Potter, S Steven ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical ectodermal ridge; Endochondral bone development; Fgf8; Hox genes; Lef1; Limb development; RNA Seq; Sonic hedgehog; Zeugopod; Zone of polarizing activity

Indexed keywords

ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROCYTE; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; LIMB; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; ORGANOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHONDROCYTES; EXONS; EXTREMITIES; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MUTAGENESIS; ORGANOGENESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84937136501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12861-015-0078-5     Document Type: Article

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