Molecular interactions underlying the specification of sensory neurons

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 373-381

  Lallemend, Francois ^a   Ernfors, Patrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C Maf; MafA; Neurotrophins; Pain; Runx1; Runx3

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN RET; PROTEIN TRKC; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; SCATTER FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL M8; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN NERVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE NET; SENSATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 84861704266     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2012.03.006     Document Type: Review

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