Identification and characterization of a hunchback orthologue, Lzf2, and its expression during leech embryogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-217

  Savage, Robert M ^a   Shankland, Marty ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANNELID WORM; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPIDERMIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT; INTESTINE; LEECH; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

EID: 0029894577     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0108     Document Type: Article

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