The role of Phox2b in synchronizing pan-neuronal and type-specific aspects of neurogenesis

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 5241-5253

  Dubreuil, Véronique ^a,b   Hirsch, Marie Rose ^a,b   Jouve, Caroline ^b   Brunet, Jean François ^a,b   Goridis, Christo ^a,b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Chick; Neural tube; Neurogenesis; Neuronal specification; Phox2b

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN PHOX2B; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REPRESSION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TIME; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN 2; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL CREST; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036861419     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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