A model of early molecular regionalization in the chicken embryonic pretectum

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 505, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-403

  Ferran, J L ^a,b   Sanchez Arrones L ^a   Sandoval, J E ^a   Puelles, Luis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AP patterning; Diencephalon; DV patterning; Forebrain; Prosomere 1; Specification maps

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN DBX1; PROTEIN DMBX1; PROTEIN EBF1; PROTEIN FOXP2; PROTEIN LIM1; PROTEIN MEIS1; PROTEIN MEIS2; PROTEIN TCF4; PROTEIN ZIC1; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 36248997066     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21493     Document Type: Article

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