Segmental diversification of an identified leech neuron correlates with the segmental domain in which it expresses Lox2, a member of the Hox gene family

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 319-329

  Berezovskii, Vladimir K ^a   Shankland, Marty ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

homeodomain protein; neurogenesis; neuropeptide; segmentation

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LEECH; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GANGLIA, INVERTEBRATE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; LEECHES; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0030026891     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199603)29:3<319::AID-NEU4>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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