Morphologic diversity of cutaneous sensory afferents revealed by genetically directed sparse labeling

eLife

Volumn 2012, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Wu, Hao ^a   Williams, John ^a   Nathans, Jeremy ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; INTEGRASE; POU4F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MERKEL CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SKIN NERVE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; DEFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; REPORTER GENE; SKIN; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; INTEGRASES; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MICE; PREGNANCY; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SKIN; STAINING AND LABELING; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A;

EID: 84881501034     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.00181     Document Type: Article

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