Meis gene expression patterns in the developing chicken inner ear

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-147

  Sánchez Guardado, Luis Óscar ^a   Ferran, José Luis ^b,c   Rodríguez Gallardo, Lucía ^a   Puelles, Luis ^b,c   Hidalgo Sánchez, Matías ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cristae; Endolymphatic apparatus; Inner ear specification; Otic innervation; Semicircular canals; Signaling pathways

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COCHLEA DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENDOLYMPH; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INNER EAR DEVELOPMENT; MEIS1 GENE; MEIS2 GENE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHICK EMBRYO; EAR, INNER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS;

EID: 78649691777     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22508     Document Type: Article

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