Restricted expression of a novel murine atonal-related bHLH protein in undifferentiated neural precursors

Developmental Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 227-241

  Gradwohl, Gérard ^a   Fode, Carol ^a   Guillemot, François ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030601949     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0297     Document Type: Article

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