Sequence and expression analysis of Nhlh1: A basic helix-loop-helix gene implicated in neurogenesis

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 165-177

  Murdoch, Jennifer N ^a   Eddleston, Jane ^b   Leblond Bourget, Nathalie ^a,c   Stanier, Philip ^b   Copp, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome 1; Embryonic expression; Gene structure; Genetic mapping; Loop tail; Promoter

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME 1; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033007258     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6408(1999)24:1/2<165::aid-dvg15>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Article

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