X-MyT1, a xenopus C2HC-type zinc finger protein with a regulatory function in neuronal differentiation

Cell

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1191-1202

  Bellefroid, Eric J ^a   Bourguignon, Catherine ^a   Hollemann, Thomas ^a   Ma, Qiufu ^b   Anderson, David J ^b   Kintner, Chris ^c   Pieler, Tomas ^a  

^a Inst F Biochem Molec Z   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

EID: 0030478206     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81815-2     Document Type: Article

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