Expression of Meis2, a knotted-related murine homeobox gene, indicates a role in the differentiation of the forebrain and the somitic mesoderm

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 184-190

  Cecconi, Francesco ^a   Proetzel, Gabriele ^a,b   Alvarez Bolado, Gonzalo ^a   Jay, Desmond ^a,c   Gruss, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c IMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Dorsal ectoderm In situ hybridization; Limb; Mouse development myogenesis; Plant homeodomain

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0030866840     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199710)210:2<184::AID-AJA10>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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