Delays in neuronal differentiation in Mash1/Ascl1 mutants

Developmental Biology

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-75

  Pattyn, Alexandre ^a   Guillemot, François ^b   Brunet, Jean François ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Knock out; Mash1 Ascl1; Mouse; Neuronal differentiation; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Proneural gene; Sympathetic ganglia; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ASC11; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION;

EID: 33745918940     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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