Genetic regulation of cerebellar development

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 484-491

  Wang, Vincent Y ^a   Zoghbi, Huda Y ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CEREBELLUM; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CEREBELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PURKINJE CELLS;

EID: 0035409307     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35081558     Document Type: Article

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