The homeodomain protein Vax1 is required for axon guidance and major tract formation in the developing forebrain

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3092-3105

  Bertuzzi, Stefano ^a   Hindges, Robert ^a   Mui, Stina H ^a,b   O'Leary, Dennis M ^a   Lemke, Greg ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Glia; Homeobox; Midline; Netrin; Optic nerve

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; GENE INACTIVATION; GLIA; HOMEOBOX; MOUSE; MUTATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; COLOBOMA; CORPUS CALLOSUM; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, LETHAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; PROSENCEPHALON; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033386714     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.23.3092     Document Type: Article

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