The many lives of SHH in limb development and evolution

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 49, Issue , 2016, Pages 116-124

  Lopez Rios, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Digit; GLI; HOX; Limb bud; Morphological evolution; SHH

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CHONDROGENESIS; DOWN REGULATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HINDLIMB; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEFECT; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PALMITOYLATION; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; UBIQUITINATION; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; LIMB; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGANOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EXTREMITIES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIMB BUDS; ORGANOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84958657957     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.12.018     Document Type: Review

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