Distinct structural domains in the planarian brain defined by the expression of evolutionarily conserved homeobox genes

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-39

  Umesono, Yoshihiko ^a,c   Watanabe, Kenji ^b   Agata, Kiyokazu ^b  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Homeobox gene; otd Otx; otp; Planarian

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBELLARIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PLANARIANS; PLATYHELMINTHS; REGENERATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

DUGESIA JAPONICA; HEXAPODA; JAPONICA; PLANARIA; RODENTIA; TURBELLARIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032931102     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050224     Document Type: Article

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