An interdigit signalling centre instructs coordinate phalanx-joint formation governed by 5'Hoxd-Gli3 antagonism

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Huang, Bau Lin ^a   Trofka, Anna ^a   Furusawa, Aki ^a,e   Norrie, Jacqueline L ^b   Rabinowitz, Adam H ^b   Vokes, Steven A ^b   Taketo, M Mark ^c   Zakany, Jozsef ^d   Mackem, Susan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 5; NOGGIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GLI3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NOGGIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR GLI3;

BONE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PROTEIN; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FINGER; GENOTYPE; HOX GENE; JOINT; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHALANX; PHENOTYPE; STOICHIOMETRY; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE KNOCK-IN; LIMB; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; EXTREMITIES; GENE DOSAGE; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; JOINTS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN GLI3;

EID: 84990232632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12903     Document Type: Article

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