Evolutionary alteration in anterior patterning: Otx2 expression in the direct developing frog Eleutherodactylus coqui

Developmental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-239

  Fang, Hung ^a   Elinson, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TADPOLE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; DANIO RERIO; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COQUI; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033555446     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9078     Document Type: Article

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