Specification of distinct motor neuron identities by the singular activities of individual Hox genes

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2751-2758

  Jungbluth, Stefan ^a   Bell, Esther ^a   Lumsden, Andrew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Hindbrain; Hox gene; Motor neuron; Rhombomere

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOBOX; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STEM CELL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RETROVIRIDAE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0032798369     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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