Expression of achaete-scute homolog 3 in Xenopus embryos converts ectodermal cells to a neural fate

Genes and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 1434-1447

  Turner, David L ^a   Weintraub, Harold ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

achaete scute homolog; cell fate; helix loop helix protein; neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EPIDERMIS CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0028306459     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.8.12.1434     Document Type: Article

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