A gene expression fingerprint of C. elegans embryonic motor neurons

BMC Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Fox, Rebecca M ^a   Von Stetina, Stephen E ^a   Barlow, Susan J ^a   Shaffer, Christian ^b   Olszewski, Kellen L ^a   Moore, Jason H ^c   Dupuy, Denis ^d,e   Vidal, Marc ^d,e   Miller III, David M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTONEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 25444481075     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-6-42     Document Type: Review

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