Identification of a chicken homologue in the BRN-3 subfamily of POU- transcription factors

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-182

  Lindeberg, Jonas ^a   Klint, Peter ^a   Williams, Reg ^a   Ebendal, Ted ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brn 3a; Chicken; NGF; NT 3; Quantitative PCR; Spinal ganglion; Transcription factor; Trigeminal ganglion

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPINAL GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MURINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0030876813     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(97)00038-2     Document Type: Article

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