Differential sensitivity of skeletal and fusimotor neurons to Bcl-2-mediated apoptosis during neuromuscular development

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 691-699

  Hui, K ^a   Kucera, J ^b   Henderson, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2;

ALPHA NERVE FIBER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; GAMMA MOTONEURON; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; FACIAL NERVE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR NEURONS; MOTOR NEURONS, GAMMA; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL NERVES;

MUS;

EID: 40949136435     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402294     Document Type: Article

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