A planarian orthopedia homolog is specifically expressed in the branch region of both the mature and regenerating brain

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 723-727

  Umesono, Yoshihiko ^a   Watanabe, Kenji ^b   Agata, Kiyokazu ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Homeobox; Orthopedia; Planarian

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALIA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0030784551     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1997.t01-5-00008.x     Document Type: Article

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