Dlx genes encode DNA-binding proteins that are expressed in an overlapping and sequential pattern during basal ganglia differentiation

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 498-512

  Liu, Jen Kuei ^a,b   Ghattas, Ingrid ^a   Liu, Shiying ^a   Chen, Sandy ^a   Rubenstein, John L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sentinel Biosciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Distal less; Dlx; Forebrain; Homeobox

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PROSENCEPHALON; RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0003080791     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199712)210:4<498::AID-AJA12>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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