Conserved genetic mechanisms for embryonic brain patterning

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 81-87

  Reichert, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain development; Drosophila; Genomics; Homeobox gene; Mouse; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN OTD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AXIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOMICS; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DROSOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036005759     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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