Active suppression of interneuron programs within developing motor neurons revealed by analysis of homeodomain factor HB9

Neuron

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 675-687

  Thaler, Joshua ^a   Harrison, Kathleen ^b   Sharma, Kamal ^a   Lettieri, Karen ^a   Kehrl, John ^b   Pfaff, Samuel L ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; INTERCOSTAL NERVE; INTERNEURON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STEM CELL; XENOPUS;

EID: 0033179908     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(01)80027-1     Document Type: Article

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