Conserved anterior boundaries of Hox gene expression in the central nervous system of the leech Helobdella

Developmental Biology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 284-300

  Kourakis, Matthew J ^a   Master, Viraj A ^b   Lokhorst, Denise K ^c,e   Nardelli Haefliger, Denise ^c,f   Wedeen, Cathy J ^d,g   Martindale, Mark Q ^a,b   Shankland, Marty ^c,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^g NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEECH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; GLOSSIPHONIIDAE; HELOBDELLA; HIRUDINIDA; METAZOA;

EID: 0031572811     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8689     Document Type: Article

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