NRSF/REST is required in vivo for repression of multiple neuronal target genes during embryogenesis

Nature Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 136-142

  Chen, Zhou Feng ^a   Paquette, Alice J ^b   Anderson, David J ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SILENCER GENE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031694917     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/2431     Document Type: Article

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