The cell biology of neurogenesis

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 777-788

  Götz, Magdalena ^a   Huttner, Wieland B ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC LINKAGE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; STEM CELLS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 24344510750     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1739     Document Type: Review

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