Control of anteroposterior and dorsoventral domains of Nkx-6.1 gene expression relative to other Nkx genes during vertebrate CNS development

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 77-88

  Qiu, Mengsheng ^a   Shimamura, Kenji ^b   Sussel, Lori ^c   Chen, Sandy ^c   Rubenstein, John L R ^c  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural plate; Neural tube; Nkx; Patterning; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; VERTEBRATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ERINACEIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032033034     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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