Murine homeobox genes

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS IN MAMMALIAN DEVELOPMENT MURINE HOMEOBOX GENES... 

It seems reasonable to hope that misexpression analysis of murine homeobox genes might also provide clues to their function. The first such... 

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