The Xenopus Emx genes identify presumptive dorsal telencephalon and are induced by head organizer signals

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-83

  Pannese, Maria ^a   Lupo, Giuseppe ^b   Kablar, Boris ^b   Boncinelli, Edoardo ^a,c   Barsacchi, Giuseppina ^b   Vignali, Robert ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Sezione di Biol Cell e Dello S U   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Head organizer; Homeobox genes; Neural induction; Rostral brain patterning; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031970788     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00034-3     Document Type: Article

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