Common developmental genetic mechanisms for patterning invertebrate and vertebrate brains

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 675-682

  Kammermeier, Lars ^a   Reichert, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain development; Drosophila; Homeobox genes; Mouse; Orthodenticle; Otx; Pattern formation; Pax

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN GAP; PROTEIN PAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; HOMEOBOX; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; MICE; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0034817335     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0361-9230(01)00559-7     Document Type: Review

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