Motor neuron specification in vertebrates

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1015-1022

  Song, M R ^a   Pfaff, S L ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix; Homeodomain; Hox; Interneuron; LIM code; Motor neuron; Neurogenesis; Neuronal specification; Progenitor domain; Spinal cord; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951435509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01035-4     Document Type: Chapter

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