Islet1 and islet2 have equivalent abilities to promote motoneuron formation and to specify motoneuron subtype identity

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2137-2147

  Hutchinson, Sarah A ^a   Eisen, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Interneuron; LIM homeodomain; pMN domain; Primary motoneuron; Secondary motoneuron; Spinal motoneuron; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN ISLET1; PROTEIN ISLET2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; NERVE GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURITES; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 33745626088     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02355     Document Type: Article

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