Neuronal subtype specification in the spinal cord of a protovertebrate

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 995-1004

  Stolfi, Alberto ^a   Levine, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Ciona; Gene regulatory network; Motoneurons; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; DMBX PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VSX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; INTERNEURON; LARVA; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERNEURONS; LARVA; NEURONS; SPINAL CORD; SWIMMING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951520819     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.061507     Document Type: Article

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