Differential expression of Hoxa-2 protein along the dorsal-ventral axis of the developing and adult mouse spinal cord

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-217

  Hao, Zhengling ^a   Yeung, Jupiter ^b   Wolf, Louise ^a   Doucette, Ronald ^a   Nazarali, Adil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Central nervous system; Hoxa 2; Immunohistochemistry; Neurons; Oligodendrocytes; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL VIABILITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0032842781     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199910)216:2<201::AID-DVDY10>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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