neurogenins, a novel family of atonal-related bHLH transcription factors, are putative mammalian neuronal determination genes that reveal progenitor cell heterogeneity in the developing CNS and PNS

Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 221-241

  Sommer, Lukas ^a   Ma, Qiufu ^a   Anderson, David J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; MARKER GENE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030268113     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcne.1996.0060     Document Type: Article

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