Expression of the cCdx-B homeobox gene in chick embryo suggests its participation in rostrocaudal axial patterning

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 206, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-353

  Morales, Aixa V ^a   De La Rosa, Enrique J ^a   De Pablo, Flora ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caudal; Hensen's node; Homeobox; Neurulation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIGOXIGENIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0029762157     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199608)206:4<343::AID-AJA1>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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