Transcriptional codes and the control of neuronal identity

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue , 2002, Pages 251-281

  Shirasaki, Ryuichi ^a   Pfaff, Samuel L ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon pathfinding; LIM code; Motor neuron subtypes; Spinal cord; Topography

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN APTEROUS; PROTEIN ISL1; PROTEIN LIN 11; PROTEIN MEC 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CYCLE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEURAL TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036304223     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.25.112701.142916     Document Type: Review

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