Cell cycle and cell fate interactions in neural development

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 26-33

  Cremisi, Federico ^a   Philpott, Anna ^b   Ohnuma, Shin Ichi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; INTRINSIC FACTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GROWTH REGULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

EID: 0037318958     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(03)00005-9     Document Type: Review

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