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A bar code for differentiation

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Regulating neuronal development can be complicated. But genetic control of neurotransmitter expression — as exemplified by differentiation of dopamine-secreting neurons — turns out to be relatively straightforward.

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Figure 1: Orchestrating neurotransmitter expression.

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  1. Division of Biological Sciences and Center for Molecular Genetics, Nicholas C. Spitzer is in the Neurobiology Section, Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0357, USA. nspitzer@ucsd.edu,

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Spitzer, N. A bar code for differentiation. Nature 458, 843–844 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/458843a

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