The role of Pax6 in forebrain development

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 690-709

  Georgala, Petrina A ^a   Carr, Catherine B ^a,b   Price, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arealization; Cortical progenitor; Diencephalon; Pallial subpallial boundary; Pax6

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIRIDIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FOREBRAIN; GENE; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MICROPHTHALMIA; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; NEURONS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROSENCEPHALON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 79960149431     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20895     Document Type: Article

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