Expression patterns of developmental control genes in normal and engrailed-1 mutant mouse spinal cord reveal early diversity in developing interneurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 7805-7816

  Matise, Michael P ^a   Joyner, Alexandra L ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Engrailed 1; Expression patterns; Interneurons; Notch ligands; Spinal cord; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030774912     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-20-07805.1997     Document Type: Article

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