Hox genes and spinal cord development

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-34

  Carpenter, Ellen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hox gene; Motor neuron; Patterning; Spinal cord development; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; DELETION MUTANT; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC CODE; HOMEOBOX; HOX GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MESODERM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; PARALOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, INSECT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0036966642     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064943     Document Type: Review

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