A role for gradient en expression in positional specification on the optic tectum

Neuron

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-62

  Itasaki, Nobue ^a   Nakamura, Harukazu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; INNERVATION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; RETROVIRUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0030067618     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80023-9     Document Type: Article

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