Molecular genetic control of cell patterning and fate determination in the developing ventral spinal cord

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 419-425

  Matise, Michael P ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SPINAL CORD; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84886314280     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.83     Document Type: Review

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