Identification of neurogenin, a vertebrate neuronal determination gene

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-52

  Ma, Qiufu ^a   Kintner, Chris ^b   Anderson, David J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NEUROGENIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NERVE GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0003073157     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81321-5     Document Type: Article

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