Hoxb-8 gain-of-function transgenic mice exhibit alterations in the peripheral nervous system

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-18

  Fanarraga, Mónica L ^a,b   Charité, Jeroen ^a   Hage, Willem J ^a   De Graaff, Wim ^a   Deschamps, Jacqueline ^b  

^a HUBRECHT INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

C1; dorsal root ganglion; first spinal ganglion; Froriep's ganglion; Hoxb 8; transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL GANGLION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0030897370     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00122-7     Document Type: Article

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