Inhibitory effects of ventral signals on the development of Brn-3.0- expressing neurons in the dorsal spinal cord

Developmental Biology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-31

  Fedtsova, Natalia ^a,b   Turner, Eric E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0031259753     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8691     Document Type: Article

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