Genes involved in cerebellar cell specification and differentiation

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 40-47

  Hatten, Mary E ^a   Alder, Janet ^a   Zimmerman, Kathryn ^a   Heintz, Nathaniel ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL SPECIFICITY; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPECIES; TIME;

EID: 0031053044     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80118-3     Document Type: Article

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