Heterogeneity of neural progenitor cells revealed by enhancers in the nestin gene

Developmental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 309-321

  Yaworsky, Paul J ^a,b   Kappen, Claudia ^a,c  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS; Development; Embryo; Enhancer; LacZ; Midbrain; Nestin; Neuroepithelium; Progenitor cell; Regulatory element; Stem cell; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

NESTIN; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; INTRON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033555447     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9035     Document Type: Article

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