HoxB8 in noradrenergic specification and differentiation of the autonomic nervous system

Developmental Biology

Volumn 363, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 219-233

  Huber, Leslie ^a   Ferdin, Marius ^a   Holzmann, Julia ^a   Stubbusch, Jutta ^a   Rohrer, Hermann ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dopamine beta hydroxylase; Hand2; Hox gene; Neural crest; Noradrenergic; Parasympathetic; Sympathetic; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CILIARY NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BETA HYDROXYLASE GENE; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; HAND2 GENE; HOXB1 GENE; HOXB8 GENE; HOXB9 GENE; HOXD10 GENE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MESENCEPHALON; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RCAD GENE; RGS4 GENE; STABLE EXPRESSION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE GENE;

EID: 84857032982     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.12.026     Document Type: Article

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