Engrailed, retinotectal targeting, and axonal patterning in the midbrain during Xenopus development: An antisense study

Neuron

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-75

  Rétaux, Sylvie ^a   McNeill, Lisa ^a   Harris, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM FLOW; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HOMEOBOX; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030052155     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80024-0     Document Type: Article

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