Coe genes are expressed in differentiating neurons in the central nervous system of protostomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Demilly, Adrien ^a   Simionato, Elena ^a,d   Ohayon, David ^b,e   Kerner, Pierre ^a,f   Garcès, Alain ^b   Vervoort, Michel ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Montpellier University Medical Center   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GLIA CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLATYNEREIS DUMERILII; PROTOSTOMIA; VENTRAL ROOT; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INTERNEURON; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; TIME;

ANNELIDA; BILATERIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; METAZOA; PLATYNEREIS DUMERILII; POLYCHAETA; PROTOSTOMIA; VERTEBRATA;

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERNEURONS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; POLYCHAETA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959221582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021213     Document Type: Article

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