Retroviral misexpression of engrailed genes in the chick optic tectum perturbs the topographic targeting of retinal axons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5498-5509

  Friedman, Glenn C ^a   O'Leary, Dennis D M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

axonal guidance; gene transfer; homeobox; neural maps; recombinant retrovirus; retinotectal; transcription factors; visual system development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETROVIRUS; RNA TRANSLATION; VIRUS INFECTION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 0029800030     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-17-05498.1996     Document Type: Article

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