Lox6, a leech Dfd ortholog, is expressed in the central nervous system and in peripheral sensory structures

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-55

  Wong, Victoria Y ^a   Macagno, Eduardo R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Hirudo medicinali; Homeobox genes; Peripheral nervous system; Sensory neurons

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HIRUDIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEECH; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LEECHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031980507     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050153     Document Type: Article

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