Expression of murine Lhx5 suggests a role in specifying the forebrain

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 266-277

  Sheng, Hui Z ^a   Bertuzzi, Stefano ^a,c   Chiang, Chin ^a   Shawlot, William ^b   Taira, Masanori ^a   Dawid, Igor ^a   Westphal, Heiner ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

forebain; homeobox; Lhx5; LIM

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TELENCEPHALON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROSENCEPHALON; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; MURINAE;

EID: 0031015959     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199702)208:2<266::AID-AJA13>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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