Xenopus Xsal-1, a vertebrate homolog of the region specific homeotic gene spalt of Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-32

  Hollemann, Thomas ^a   Schuh, Reinhard ^b   Pieler, Tomas ^a   Stick, Reimer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Central nervous system; Drosophila; Motor neurons; Neuronal development; Spalt; Xenopus; Zinc finger proteins

Indexed keywords

ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0029917815     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-4773(95)00485-8     Document Type: Article

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