Transcriptional selectors, masters, and combinatorial codes: Regulatory principles of neural subtype specification

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 505-528

  Allan, Douglas W ^a   Thor, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CITRATE SYNTHASE; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEUROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84938744517     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.191     Document Type: Review

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