Characterization of the structure and function of the gene for transcription factor BF-1, an essential regulator of forebrain development

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 96-104

  Li, Hailong ^a   Tao, Wufan ^a,b   Lai, Eseng ^a  

^a Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fork head; Gene expression; Neuroepithelium; Telencephalon; Winged helix

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HEMISPHERE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029870958     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328x(95)00276-x     Document Type: Article

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