Expression of two novel mouse Iroquois homeobox genes during neurogenesis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 317-321

  Cohen, Dana R ^a,b   Cheng, Chi Wa ^c   Cheng, Shuk Han ^c   Hui, Chi Chung ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Achaete scute complex; Brachial arch; Eye; Foregut; Heart; Hindbrain; Homeobox genes; Iroquois gene complex (IRO C); Limb; Mash1; Midbrain; Neural retina; Olfactory epithelium; Respiratory epithelium; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOBOX; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA IROQUOIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0342393088     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00263-4     Document Type: Article

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