The homeobox gene Hesx1 is required in the anterior neural ectoderm for normal forebrain formation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 422-430

  Martinez Barbera, Juan Pedro ^a   Rodriguez, Tristan A ^a   Beddington, Rosa S P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior visceral endoderm; ES cells; Fgf8; Forebrain; Hesx1; Mouse chimeras; Mouse development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; FOREBRAIN; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; MARKER GENE; MESODERM; MOUSE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0034661676     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9757     Document Type: Article

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