Otx genes in the evolution of the vertebrate brain

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 66, Issue 4-6, 2005, Pages 410-420

  Acampora, Dario ^a,b   Annino, Alessandro ^a   Tuorto, Francesca ^b   Puelles, Eduardo ^a   Lucchesi, Walter ^a   Papalia, Alessandro ^a   Simeone, Antonio ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Brain; Development; Evolution; Functional equivalence; Otx; Urbilateria

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2;

BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 24344433385     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2005.02.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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