Neurotrophin signalling and transcription programmes interactions in the development of somatosensory neurons

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 220, Issue , 2014, Pages 329-353

  Marmigere F ^a   Carroll, P ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Neurotrophins; Somatosensory neuron functional diversity; Specification of neuronal identity; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOXD1 GENE; HUMAN; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHOX2 GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL GANGLION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRKB GENE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY RECEPTOR;

ANIMALS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; RECEPTOR, TRKA; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84906544488     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45106-5_13     Document Type: Article

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