Demarcation of ventral territories by the homeobox bene NKX2.1 during early chick development

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 208, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 168-171

  Pera, Edgar M ^a   Kessel, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nkx code; NKX2.1; T ebp; TTF 1

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUNG; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TELENCEPHALON; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; MURINAE; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031805560     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050170     Document Type: Article

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