Spatial and temporal specification of neural fates by transcription factor codes

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 3771-3780

  Guillemot, François ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL RENEWAL; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GLIA CELL; MACROGLIA; MOTONEURON; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36549046563     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.006379     Document Type: Review

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