Pax6 controls progenitor cell identity and neuronal fate in response to graded Shh signaling

Cell

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 169-180

  Ericson, J ^a   Rashbass, P ^b   Schedl, A ^b   Brenner Morton, S ^a   Kawakami, A ^c   Van Heyningen, V ^b   Jessell, T M ^a   Briscoe, J ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEDGEHOG; HOMEOBOX; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 0031458813     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80323-2     Document Type: Article

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