Pax7 and superior collicular polarity: Insights from Pax6 (Sey) mutant mice

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 316-325

  Thompson, Jennifer A ^a   Lovicu, Frank J ^b   Ziman, Mel ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Pax6; Pax7; Polarity; Sey mice; Superior colliculus

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN A2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPHRIN-A2; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH CONES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OPTIC NERVE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33947320116     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0735-9     Document Type: Article

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