Expression profiles suggest a role for Pax7 in the establishment of tectal polarity and map refinement

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-273

  Thomas, Meghan ^a   Lazic, Stan ^b   Beazley, Lyn ^a,c   Ziman, Melanie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain patterning; Ephrin A2; Pax7; Retino tectal map formation; Tectal polarity

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; EPHRIN A2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CUES; EPHRIN-A2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH CONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; RETINA; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 2942733189     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-003-1775-z     Document Type: Article

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