Birth time/order-dependent neuron type specification

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-21

  Kao, Chih Fei ^a   Lee, Tzumin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

BIRTH ORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; INTERNEURON; MITOSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; DROSOPHILA; MICE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 76749092724     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2009.10.017     Document Type: Review

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