A Postmitotic Role for Isl-Class LIM Homeodomain Proteins in the Assignment of Visceral Spinal Motor Neuron Identity

Neuron

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-350

  Thaler, Joshua P ^a   Koo, Sonya J ^a   Kania, Artur ^b   Lettieri, Karen ^a   Andrews, Shane ^a   Cox, Christopher ^b   Jessell, Thomas M ^b   Pfaff, Samuel L ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; MITOSIS; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

EID: 1242316153     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(04)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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