Relax, a novel rat bHLH transcriptional regulator transiently expressed in the ventricular proliferating zone of the developing central nervous system

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 146-158

  Ravassard, Philippe ^a   Chatail, Fabienne ^a   Mallet, Jacques ^a   Icard Liepkalns, Christine ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

basic helix loop helix; central nervous system; development; longitudinal axis; ventricular zone

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030995151     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970415)48:2<146::AID-JNR7>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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