Hox Gene Misexpression and Cell-Specific Lesions Reveal Functionality of Homeotically Transformed Neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3070-3076

  Hale, Melina E ^a,b   Kheirbek, Mazen A ^b   Schriefer, Julie E ^a   Prince, Victoria E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Escape response; Hindbrain; Homeosis; Hox genes; Mauthner cell; Startle

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSIS; HOX GENE; IMAGING; MAUTHNER CELL; NERVE CELL; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STARTLE REFLEX; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CHORISTOMA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ESCAPE REACTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LARVA; LASER SURGERY; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; RNA, MESSENGER; STARTLE REACTION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 1642546595     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5624-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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