Dynamic spatiotemporal expression of LIM genes and cofactors in the embryonic and postnatal cerebral cortex

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 460-469

  Bulchand, Sarada ^a   Subramanian, Lakshmi ^a   Tole, Shubha ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cortical hem; Lamination; Patterning; Regional specification

Indexed keywords

DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LHX2 GENE; LIM HD GENE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0037371904     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10235     Document Type: Article

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