Engrailed protein is expressed in interneurons but not motor neurons of the dorsal unpaired median group in the adult grasshopper

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 388, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 658-668

  Siegler, Melody V S ^a   Pankhaniya, Ravi R ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Median neuroblast; MNB; Motoneuron; Schistocerca americana

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; INTERNEURON; ORTHOPTERA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GRASSHOPPERS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS, EFFERENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030777509     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19971201)388:4<658::AID-CNE11>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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