Misexpression of a bHLH gene, cNSCL1, results in abnormal brain development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 238-247

  Li, Chuan Ming ^a   Yan, Run Tao ^a   Wang, Shu Zhen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BHLH; Brain development; Cell proliferation; Differentiation; Gene expression; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PROTEIN NSCL1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICKEN; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRAIN; CELL CYCLE; CEREBELLUM; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VECTORS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROSENCEPHALON; RETROVIRIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033065493     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199907)215:3<238::AID-AJA6>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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