Ascl1/Mash1 is required for the development of central serotonergic neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 589-595

  Pattyn, Alexandre ^a   Simplicio, Nicolas ^b   Van Doorninck, Hikke ^c   Goridis, Christo ^a   Guillemot, François ^b   Brunet, Jean François ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCL1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GATA 3 GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOMEOBOX; LMX1B GENE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE GROWTH; NKX2 2 GENE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PET1 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEURONS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 2542479826     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1247     Document Type: Article

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