Requirement for the homeobox gene Hb9 in the consolidation of motor neuron identity

Neuron

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 659-674

  Arber, Silvia ^a   Han, Barbara ^a   Mendelsohn, Monica ^a   Smith, Michael ^a   Jessell, Thomas M ^a   Sockanathan, Shanthini ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HOMEOBOX; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0033180516     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(01)80026-X     Document Type: Article

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