Differential expression of LIM-homeodomain genes in the embryonic murine brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 147-150

  Matsumoto, Kazumasa ^a   Tanaka, Tatsuya ^b   Furuyama, Tatsuo ^b   Kashihara, Yasuyo ^b   Ishii, Nobuko ^b   Tohyama, Masaya ^b   Kitanaka, Jun Ichi ^c   Takemura, Motohiko ^c   Mori, Tetsuji ^d   Wanaka, Akio ^d  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Embryonic brain; L3; LH 2; lim 1; LIM homeodomain gene; Regional specification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0030604654     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12749-X     Document Type: Article

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