Asymmetric segregation of Numb: A mechanism for neural specification from Drosophila to mammals

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1265-1269

  Cayouette, Michel ^a,b   Raff, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NUMB PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; MAMMAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0036897569     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1202-1265     Document Type: Review

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