Prox1 regulates a transitory state for interneuron neurogenesis in the spinal cord

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 393-402

  Mishra, Kamana ^a   Gui, Hongxing ^a   Matise, Michael P ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Interneuron; Neurogenesis; Prospero; Spinal cord; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

NEUROGENIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PROX1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; INTERNEURON; MOUSE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

PROSPERO;

EID: 39749095218     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21422     Document Type: Article

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