Emx2: A gene responsible for cortical development, regionalization and area specification

Gene

Volumn 291, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Cecchi, Chiara ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Emx2 null embryos; Forebrain development

Indexed keywords

CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; EMX2 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN VAX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COILED BODY; DIENCEPHALON; FOREBRAIN; MITOSIS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROBLAST; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037193677     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(02)00623-6     Document Type: Review

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