Basic helix-loop-helix factors in cortical development

Neuron

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-25

  Ross, Sarah E ^a   Greenberg, Michael E ^a   Stiles, Charles D ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; NEUROGENIN 1; NEUROGENIN 2; PROTEIN; PROTEIN HES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

EID: 0037968010     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00365-9     Document Type: Review

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