Genetic control of brain morphogenesis through Otx gene dosage requirement

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 3639-3650

  Acampora, Dario ^a   Avantaggiato, Virginia ^a   Tuorto, Francesca ^a   Simeone, Antonio ^a  

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

Author keywords

Brain patterning; FGF8; Isthmic organizer; Mouse; Otx genes; ZLI

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MARKER GENE; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; CROSSES, GENETIC; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030730823     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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