Spatiotemporally restricted regulation of generic motor neuron programs by miR-196-mediated repression of Hoxb8

Developmental Biology

Volumn 344, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 857-868

  Asli, Naisana S ^a,b   Kessel, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Hox genes; MicroRNAs; Motor neuron generation

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 196; PROTEIN HOXB8; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 77955280639     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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