The caudal limit of Otx2 gene expression as a marker of the midbrain/hindbrain boundary: A study using in situ hybridisation and chick/quail homotopic grafts

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3785-3797

  Millet, Sandrine ^a   Bloch Gallego, Evelyne ^a   Simeone, Antonio ^b   Alvarado Mallart, Rosa Magda ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chick; Homeobox containing gene; Interneuromeric boundary; Morphogenetic movement; Neural tube segmentation; Otx2; Quail

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN GRAFT; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; CHIMERA; EPITHELIUM; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; QUAIL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TUBULIN;

EID: 0030468934     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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