Bcl-2 is required for cranial sensory neuron survival at defined stages of embryonic development

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 4173-4178

  Piñón, Luzia G P ^a   Middleton, Gayle ^a   Davies, Alun M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; Cell death; Cranial neuron; Mouse; Neuron survival; Sensory neuron

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842339274     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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