Chick homeobox gene cDlx expression demarcates the forebrain anlage, indicating the onset of forebrain regional specification at gastrulation

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 183-196

  Borghjid, Saihan ^a   Siddiqui, M A Q ^a,b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick Distal less gene (cDlx); Chick embryo; Forebrain development; Gastrulation; Homeobox gene; Neurulation; Regional specification

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREBRAIN; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033909417     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017441     Document Type: Article

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