Pax-6 functions in boundary formation and axon guidance in the embryonic mouse forebrain

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1985-1997

  Mastick, Grant S ^a   Davis, Nicole M ^a,b   Andrews, Gracie L ^a   Easter Jr , Stephen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeobox; Mouse; Pax 6; Prosencephalon; Sey mutant

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MUTATION; NEURONS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROSENCEPHALON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030958714     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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