A dorso-ventral gradient of Pax6 in the developing retina suggests a role in topographic map formation

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 299-302

  Ziman, Melanie ^a   Rodger, Jennifer ^b   Lukehurst, Sherralee ^b   Hancock, Davina ^b   Dunlop, Sarah ^b   Beazley, Lyn ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eph receptor; Pax6; Topographic map formation

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EYE PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RECEPTOR, EPHB2; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0037448750     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(02)00605-3     Document Type: Article

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