Ascl1 genetics reveals insights into cerebellum local circuit assembly

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 11055-11069

  Sudarov, Anamaria ^a   Turnbull, Rowena K ^a   Kim, Euiseok J ^b   Lebel Potter, Melanie ^c   Guillemot, Francois ^c   Joyner, Alexandra L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN PTF1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCL1 GENE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC MARKER; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN MAPPING; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE NET; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PROTEINS; SILVER STAINING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79960965477     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0479-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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