Otx genes in corticogenesis and brain development

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 533-542

  Acampora, Dario ^a   Barone, Paolo ^b   Simeone, Antonio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL SPECIFICITY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC REGULATION; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE INDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032847666     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/9.6.533     Document Type: Article

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