EBF factors drive expression of multiple classes of target genes governing neuronal development

Neural Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Green, Yangsook S ^a   Vetter, Monica L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; EBF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; NOGGIN PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICROINJECTIONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; XENOPUS;

EID: 79955447232     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-6-19     Document Type: Article

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