A LIM-homeodomain combinatorial code for motor-neuron pathway selection

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6714, 1999, Pages 76-80

  Thor, Stefan ^a,c   Andersson, Siv G E ^b   Tomlinson, Andrew ^b   Thomas, John B ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOTONEURON; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033531216     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16275     Document Type: Article

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