Marsupial retinocollicular system shows differential expression of messenger RNA encoding EphA receptors and their ligands during development

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 244-254

  Vidovic, Maria ^a   Marotte, Lauren R ^a   Mark, Richard F ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Ephrins; Mammalian visual system; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; Topographic connections

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MARSUPIAL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; EPHRIN-A2; EPHRIN-A3; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LIGANDS; MACROPODIDAE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, EPHA5; RECEPTOR, EPHA7; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0033566337     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19990715)57:2<244::AID-JNR10>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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