Expression of the genes Emx1, Tbr1, and Eomes (Tbr2) in the telencephalon of Xenopus laevis confirms the existence of a ventral pallial division in all tetrapods

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 474, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 562-577

  Brox, Aurora ^a   Puelles, Luis ^a   Ferreiro, Beatriz ^a   Medina, Loreta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Claustrum; Development; Dorsal ventricular ridge; Evolution; Ventral pallium

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMPHIBIA; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLAUSTRUM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMX1 GENE; EOMES GENE; EVOLUTION; FOREBRAIN; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MARKER GENE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TBR1 GENE; TBR2 GENE; TELENCEPHALON; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 2642568578     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20152     Document Type: Article

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