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Nature Neuroscience 7, 421 - 422 (2004)
doi:10.1038/nn0504-421
Tlx genes make an exciting choice
Stewart Anderson1
- Stewart Anderson is in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10021, USA. e-mail: saa2007@med.cornell.edu
Abstract
A new study shows that the transcription factor Tlx3 specifies glutamatergic phenotype and suppresses GABAergic markers during spinal cord development. Understanding this process could ultimately lead to 'customized' neurons for transplantation.
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