NeuroM, a neural helix-loop-helix transcription factor, defines a new transition stage in neurogenesis

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3263-3272

  Roztocil, Tomas ^a   Matter Sadzinski, Lidia ^a   Alliod, Christine ^a   Ballivet, Marc ^a   Matter, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chick nervous system; Neurogenesis; Neuronal bHLH; Optic tectum; Retina; Spinal cord; Transcription

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSACTIVATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030858234     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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