Vax1, a novel homeobox-containing gene, directs development of the basal forebrain and visual system

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3106-3114

  Hallonet, Marc ^c   Hollemann, Thomas ^b   Pieler, Tomas ^b   Gruss, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Brain morphogenesis; Optic nerve; Pax2; Pax6; Rx; Vax1

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM; XENOPUS;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CLEFT PALATE; COLOBOMA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EYE PROTEINS; GENE TARGETING; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, LETHAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHOGENESIS; NEUROPEPTIDES; OPTIC NERVE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROSENCEPHALON; PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033386715     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.23.3106     Document Type: Article

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