Mammalian BarH1 confers commissural neuron identity on dorsal cells in the spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1987-1991

  Saba, Rie ^a,b   Nakatsuji, Norio ^b   Saito, Tetsuichiro ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DCC; Homeobox; Homeodomain; In vivo electroporation; MBH1; TAG 1

Indexed keywords

DCC RECEPTOR; DNA; NETRIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN TAG1; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HOMEOBOX; MAMMALIAN BARH1 GENE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN;

EID: 0037444451     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-06-01987.2003     Document Type: Article

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