Interaction between Otx2 and Gbx2 defines the organizing center for the optic tectum

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 43-52

  Katahira, Tatsuya ^a,b   Sato, Tatsuya ^a,b   Sugiyama, Sayaka ^a   Okafuji, Tatsuya ^b   Araki, Isato ^a   Funahashi, Jun Ichi ^a   Nakamura, Harukazu ^a  

^a Inst Devmt   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gbx2; Optic tectum; Otx2

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; MESENCEPHALON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0033993556     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00262-2     Document Type: Article

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