An 'oligarchy' rules neural development

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 417-422

  Rowitch, David H ^a   Lu, Q Richard ^a   Kessaris, Nicoletta ^b   Richardson, William D ^b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA; MOTONEURON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036680383     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2236(02)02201-4     Document Type: Review

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