Expression patterns of Brx1 (Rieg gene), Sonic hedgehog, Nkx2.2, Dlx1 and Arx during zona limitans intrathalamica and embryonic ventral lateral geniculate nuclear formation

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-96

  Kitamura, Kunio ^a   Miura, Hirohito ^a   Yanazawa, Masako ^a   Miyashita, Toshio ^a,b   Kato, Kentaro ^a,c  

^a MITSUBISHI KASEI INST OF LIFE SCI   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arx; Brx1; Chick embryo; Diencephalon; Dlx1; In situ hybridization; Mouse embryo; Nkx2.2; Sonic hedgehog; Ventral lateral geniculate nucleus; Zona limitans intrathalamica

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHICK EMBRYO; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIENCEPHALON; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENICULATE BODIES; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 0030776222     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(97)00110-X     Document Type: Article

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