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Abstract

The generation of individual neuron types in the nervous system is a multistep process whose endpoint is the expression of neuron type–specific batteries of terminal differentiation genes that determine the functional properties of a neuron. This review focuses on the regulatory mechanisms that are involved in controlling the terminally differentiated state of a neuron. I review several case studies from invertebrate and vertebrate nervous systems that reveal that many terminal differentiation features of a neuron are coregulated via terminal selector transcription factors that initiate and maintain terminal differentiation programs.

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2011-11-10
2024-03-28
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