Thymosin β4 induces folding of the developing optic tectum in the chicken (Gallus domesticus)

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1650-1662

  Wirsching, Hans Georg ^a,c   Kretz, Oliver ^a   Morosan Puopolo, Gabriela ^a,b   Chernogorova, Petya ^a   Theiss, Carsten ^b   Brand Saberi, Beate ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Actin binding polypeptide; Brain development; Neural stem cell proliferation; Neuroepithelium

Indexed keywords

THYMOSIN BETA4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HEMISPHERE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MESODERM; MITOSIS; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NEUROGENESIS; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; THYMOSIN;

EID: 84859297425     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23004     Document Type: Article

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