Functional conservation of atonal and Math1 in the CNS and PNS

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1039-1048

  Ben Arie, Nissim ^a,b   Hassan, Bassem A ^a   Bermingham, Nessan A ^a   Malicki, Denise M ^a   Armstrong, Dawna ^a   Matzuk, Martin ^a   Bellen, Hugo J ^a   Zoghbi, Huda Y ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

atonal; CNS; Drosophila melanogaster; Math1; Mechanoreceptors; Mouse; PNS

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CARTILAGE CELL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GRANULE CELL; HAIR CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MERKEL CELL; MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPINE;

NASA DISCIPLINE DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034023488     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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