PAX transcription factors in neural crest development

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-96

  Monsoro Burq, Anne H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac neural crest; Craniofacial skeleton; Melanocyte; Pax1; Pax3; Pax7; Pax9; Schwann cell; Sensory neuron; Splotch mutant; Waardenburg syndrome

Indexed keywords

PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO INDUCTION; GASTRULATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARATHYROID GLAND; PIGMENT CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; THYMUS; THYROID GLAND; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEURAL CREST; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84947720901     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: 10963634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.09.015     Document Type: Review

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