Expression of the zebrafish Iroquois genes during early nervous system formation and patterning

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 492, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-302

  Lecaudey, Virginie ^a   Anselme, Isabelle ^a   Dildrop, Renate ^b   Rüther, Ulrich ^b   Schneider Maunoury, Sylvie ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Université René Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

Cranial placodes; Diencephalon; Hindbrain; Homeodomain transcription factors; Midbrain; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IRX GENE; MESENCEPHALON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TELEOST; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; STEM CELLS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 27544477666     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20765     Document Type: Article

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