The role of bHLH genes in ear development and evolution: Revisiting a 10-year-old hypothesis

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3089-3099

  Fritzsch, Bernd ^a   Eberl, Daniel F ^a   Beisel, Kirk W ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bHLH genes; Ear development; Hair cells; Neurosensory development; Neurosensory evolution

Indexed keywords

ATONAL HOMOLOG 1; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROGENIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL AGGREGATION; CELL FATE; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEPHALOPOD; E BOX ELEMENT; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR CELL; HYPOTHESIS; INNER EAR; INSECT GENETICS; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; REVIEW; THEORY VALIDATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY RECEPTOR; STEM CELL;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EAR, INNER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; STEM CELLS;

EID: 77956646295     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0403-x     Document Type: Review

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