Fjx1, the murine homologue of the Drosophila four-jointed gene, codes for a putative secreted protein expressed in restricted domains of the developing and adult brain

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-217

  Ashery Padan, Ruth ^a   Alvarez Bolado, Gonzalo ^a   Klamt, Barbara ^b   Gessler, Manfred ^b   Gruss, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apical ectodermal ridge; Cortex; Forebrain development; Four jointed; Olfactory bulb; Regionalization; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRANCHIAL ARCH; CODING; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; HINDLIMB; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PURKINJE CELL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TELENCEPHALON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033049662     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00218-4     Document Type: Article

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