Xebf3 is a regulator of neuronal differentiation during primary neurogenesis in Xenopus

Developmental Biology

Volumn 233, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 495-512

  Pozzoli, Ombretta ^a,b   Bosetti, Alessandro ^a   Croci, Laura ^a   Consalez, G Giacomo ^a   Vetter, Monica L ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ebf; HLH transcription factor; Olf 1 homolog; Primary neurogenesis; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PROTEIN XEBF3; PROTEIN XNEUROD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0035873574     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0230     Document Type: Article

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