Transcriptional regulation of the peripheral nervous system in Ciona intestinalis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 378, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-193

  Joyce Tang, W ^b   Chen, Jerry S ^a,b   Zeller, Robert W ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciona; Delta; Epidermal sensory neurons; MyT1; Notch; Pou4; Sensory epithelia

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA 124; NOTCH RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATONAL GENE; CELL COUNT; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHORDATA; CIONA GENE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EMBRYO; EPIDERMAL SENSORY NEURON; FIBROBLAST; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC CODE; MYT1 GENE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROD LIKE GENE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; POU4 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONEURAL GENE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ASCIDIA; CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84877925839     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.03.016     Document Type: Article

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