Comparative analysis of Otx2, Gbx2, Pax2, Fgf8 and Wnt1 gene expressions during the formation of the chick midbrain/hindbrain domain

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 175-178

  Hidalgo Sánchez, Matías ^a   Millet, Sandrine ^b   Simeone, Antonio ^c   Alvarado Mallart, Rosa Magda ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Development; Mes met constriction; Mesencephalon; Neural tube segmentation; Otx2 expression

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GBX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MARKER GENE; MESENCEPHALON; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT1 PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0344572792     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00224-X     Document Type: Article

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