Murine Otx1 and Drosophila otd genes share conserved genetic functions required in invertebrate and vertebrate brain development

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1691-1702

  Acampora, Dario ^a   Avantaggiato, Virginia ^a   Tuorto, Francesca ^a   Barone, Paolo ^b   Reichert, Heinrich ^c   Finkelstein, Robert ^d   Simeone, Antonio ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Conserved function; Drosophila; Evolution; Orthodenticle (otd); Otx1

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EPILEPSY; EVOLUTION; EYE; HOMOZYGOSITY; INNER EAR; LACRIMAL GLAND; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPILEPSY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TELENCEPHALON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031830858     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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