Homeobox genes: molecular link between congenital anomalies and cancer.

doi:10.1016/s0959-8049(97)00010-5

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Homeobox genes: molecular link between congenital anomalies and cancer.

European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Apr 1997

Anbazhagan R, Raman V

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Homeobox-containing genes play a major role in the control of segmental identity during embryonic development in Drosophila. Abnormalities of these genes have been shown to produce a wide variety of congenital anomalies in invertebrates and in vertebrates. Many transgenic mice, which are mutant f...

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Animals
Congenital Abnormalities
Genes, Homeobox
Humans
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Mutation
Neoplasms
Ribs

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