Distinct but overlapping expression patterns of two vertebrate slit homologs implies functional roles in CNS development and organogenesis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 57-72

  Holmes, Greg P ^a,c   Negus, Kylie ^a   Burridge, Linda ^a   Raman, Sunil ^a   Algar, Elizabeth ^b   Yamada, Toshiya ^a   Little, Melissa H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrin laminin perlecan slit domain; Brain; CNS development; EGF repeat; Floor plate; Leucine rich repeat; Limb development; Metanephric mesenchyme; Midline glial cells; Motor neurons; Notochord; Organizer; Protein protein interactions; Roof plate; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DATA BASE; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPINAL CORD; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VERTEBRATES;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032416836     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00174-9     Document Type: Article

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