Distinct domains within Mash1 and Math1 are required for function in neuronal differentiation versus neuronal cell-type specification

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1319-1330

  Nakada, Yuji ^a   Hunsaker, Thomas L ^a   Henke, R Michael ^a   Johnson, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bHLH transcription factors; Dorsal interneuron specification; Lim homeodomain factors; MyoD; Neurogenesis; Ngn1; Spinal cord development

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MYOD PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MATH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL GROWTH; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NEURONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 1842507209     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01008     Document Type: Review

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