Normal timing of oligodendrocyte development depends on thyroid hormone receptor alpha 1 (TRα1)

EMBO Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 6452-6460

  Billon, Nathalie ^a   Jolicoeur, Christine ^a   Tokumoto, Yasuhito ^a,c   Vennström, Björn ^a,b   Raff, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Oligodendrocyte; Thyroid hormone receptors

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONAL REGULATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTORS ALPHA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037011105     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf662     Document Type: Article

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