Molecular mechanisms for defining tectum territory in chick embryogenesis

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-4

  Watanabe, Yuji ^a   Katahira, Tatsuya ^a   Sato, Tatsuya ^a   Nakamura, Harukazu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Gbx2; Midbrain; Otx2; Shh; Tectum

Indexed keywords

CELL FATE; CHICKEN; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GBX2 GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC CHANGE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEURAL DEVELOPMENT; OTX2 GENE; TECTUM TERRITORY;

EID: 0034064575     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.33.1     Document Type: Review

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