Antisense attenuation of nestin accumulation causes neural tube deformation in rat embryo cultures

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-23

  Matsuda, Motoko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisense knockdown method; Islet 1; Nestin; Neural tube development; Rat embryo; Whole embryo culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049089092     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2000.tb00904.x     Document Type: Article

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