Conserved genetic programs in insect and mammalian brain development

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 677-684

  Hirth, Frank ^a   Reichert, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; ORTHODENTICLE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE;

EID: 0033179767     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199908)21:8<677::AID-BIES7>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Review

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