N-twist, an evolutionarily conserved bHLH protein expressed in the developing CNS, functions as a transcriptional inhibitor

Developmental Biology

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 174-190

  Verzi, Michael P ^a   Anderson, Joshua P ^a   Dodou, Evdokia ^a   Kelly, Kathleen K ^c   Greene, Stephanie B ^a   North, Brian J ^a   Cripps, Richard M ^c   Black, Brian L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Achaete scute; Basic helix loop helix; bHLH; Brain; Drosophila; Inhibitor; MASH1; Mouse; N twist; Neural tube; Neurogenesis; Transcription

Indexed keywords

E PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN NEURONAL TWIST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036385790     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2002.0753     Document Type: Article

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