Roles of Pax-2 in initiation of the chick tectal development

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-49

  Okafuji, Tatsuya ^a,b   Funahashi, Jun Ichi ^a   Nakamura, Harukazu ^a  

^a Inst of Devmt Aging and Cancer   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; Isthmus; Optic tectum; Organizer; Pax 2; Pax 5

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; GENE TRANSFER; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

EID: 0032773909     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00073-5     Document Type: Article

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