Comparative analysis of proneural gene expression in the embryonic cerebellum

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1726-1735

  Zordan, Paola ^a   Croci, Laura ^a   Hawkes, Richard ^b   Consalez, G Giacomo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascl1, neurog1; Cell fate specification; Cerebellar development; Cerebellum; GABAergic; Neurog2; Neurogenesis; Neurogenin; Purkinje neurons; Regionalization

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROGENIN 1; NEUROGENIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURKINJE CELL; REGIONALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL LINEAGE; CEREBELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PURKINJE CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 44949095305     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21571     Document Type: Article

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