Specification of motor neuron identity by the MNR2 homeodomain protein

Cell

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-80

  Tanabe, Yasuto ^a   William, Christopher ^a   Jessell, Thomas M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; DNA LIBRARY; HOMEOBOX; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032475837     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81783-3     Document Type: Article

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