Conserved function of Caenorhabditis elegans UNC-30 and mouse Pitx2 in controlling GABAergic neuron differentiation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 6810-6819

  Westmoreland, Joby J ^a   McEwen, Jason ^b   Moore, Billie A ^a   Jin, Yishi ^b   Condie, Brian G ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; GABAergic neuron; Gad1; Gad67; Glutamate decarboxylase; Mouse development; Neuron differentiation; Pitx2; unc 30

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0035448916     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-17-06810.2001     Document Type: Article

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