Expression of the Otx2 homeobox gene in the developing mammalian brain: Embryonic and adult expression in the pineal gland

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 556-566

  Rath, Martin F ^a,b   Muñoz, Estela ^b,c   Ganguly, Surajit ^b   Morin, Fabrice ^b   Shi, Qiong ^b   Klein, David C ^b   Møller, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c School of Medicine   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brain development; Cone rod homeobox; Homeobox; Otx2; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

CONE ROD HOMEOBOX PROTEIN; MELATONIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33645307718     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03773.x     Document Type: Article

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