Role of the Brn-3 family of POU-domain genes in the development of the auditory/vestibular, somatosensory, and visual systems

Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology

Volumn 62, Issue , 1997, Pages 325-336

  Xiang, M ^a   Gan, L ^b   Li, D ^c   Zhou, L ^c   Chen, Z Y ^a   Wagner, D ^b   O'Malley Jr , B W ^c   Klein, W ^b   Nathans, J ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BRN 3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENT; HAIR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VISUAL SYSTEM; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR HAIR CELL; DNA BINDING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HEARING; HUMAN; MOTOR NERVE; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR HAIR CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031433332     PISSN: 00917451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1997.062.01.039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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