Shared gene expression in distinct neurons expressing common selector genes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 48, 2011, Pages 19258-19263

  Topalidou, Irini ^a   Chalfie, Martin ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ALR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FLP NEURON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOUCH RECEPTOR NEURON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 82755181555     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1111684108     Document Type: Article

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