Png-1, a nervous system-specific zinc finger gene, identifies regions containing postmitotic neurons during mammalian embryonic development

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 381, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-142

  Weiner, Joshua A ^a   Chun, Jerold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Mouse; Neurogenesis; Neuronal differentiation; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0030970877     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19970505)381:2<130::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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