Transcription factors in the ear: Molecular switches for development and differentiation

Audiology and Neuro-Otology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 36-49

  Rivolta, Marcelo N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brn3.1; DNA binding proteins; Inner ear Homeoboxes; PAX genes; POU genes; Transcription factors; Zinc Finger

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOBOX; HOMEOSTASIS; INNER EAR; MAMMAL; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; EAR, INNER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0031045506     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000259228     Document Type: Article

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