Regionalization of the optic tectum: Combinations of gene expression that define the tectum

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 32-39

  Nakamura, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BINDING SITE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DIENCEPHALON; DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; B-CELL-SPECIFIC ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; CHICK EMBRYO; DIENCEPHALON; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEEDBACK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; METENCEPHALON; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0035060985     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(00)01676-3     Document Type: Review

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