EMX1 homeoprotein is expressed in cell nuclei of the developing cerebral cortex and in the axons of the olfactory sensory neurons

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 169-180

  Briata, Paola ^a   Di Blas, Erica ^b   Gulisano, Massimo ^c,d   Mallamaci, Antonello ^c   Iannone, Raffaella ^a   Boncinelli, Edoardo ^c,e   Corte, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Lucia Malaguarnera   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; EMX1; Homeoprotein; Olfactory nerve

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOBOX; MITRAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 0030199740     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-4773(96)00544-8     Document Type: Article

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