Pax3 and Pax7 are expressed in commissural neurons and restrict ventral neuronal identity in the spinal cord

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 171-178

  Mansouri, A ^a   Gruss, P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mouse; Neuronal identity; Patterning; Pax; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN; CELL LINEAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAX7 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031674025     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00168-3     Document Type: Article

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