Organization of the spina bifida neural tube in Splotch (Pax-3 defective) mouse embryos

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Takahashi, Yoshiko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Msx 2; Pax 3; spina bifida; Splotch mutation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; SPINA BIFIDA;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0030026528     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1996.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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