The transcription factors islet and lim3 combinatorially regulate ion channel gene expression

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2538-2543

  Wolfram, Verena ^a   Southall, Tony D ^b   Günay, Cengiz ^c   Prinz, Astrid A ^c   Brand, Andrea H ^b   Baines, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aCC; Central nervous system; Drosophila; Muscle; RP3; Shaker

Indexed keywords

ACC; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; MUSCLE; RP3; SHAKER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; ION CHANNELS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROGENESIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84893711903     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4511-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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