Predominant expression of Brn-2 in the postmitotic neurons of the developing mouse neocortex

Brain Research

Volumn 752, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 261-268

  Hagino Yamagishi, Kimiko ^a   Saijoh, Yukio ^b   Ikeda, Masako ^c   Ichikawa, Masumi ^a   Minamikawa Tachino, Reiko ^a   Hamada, Hiroshi ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Medical & Biological Laboratories Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brn 2; developing neocortex; gene expression; NCAM H; postmitotic cell; POU transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; MITOSIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030977822     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01472-2     Document Type: Article

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