Transcription of a zebrafish gene of the hairy-Enhancer of split family delineates the midbrain anlage in the neural plate

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-160

  Müller, Marcus ^a   Weizsacker, Elisabeth V ^a   Campos Ortega, Jose A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hairy E(spl) homologues; Midbrain primordium; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0029805782     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050041     Document Type: Article

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