Gli2 is required for induction of floor plate and adjacent cells, but not most ventral neurons in the mouse central nervous system

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2759-2770

  Matise, Michael P ^a   Epstein, Douglas J ^a   Park, Heidi L ^a,b   Platt, Kenneth A ^d   Joyner, Alexandra L ^a,b,c  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Dorsoventral patterning; Floor plate; Gli1; Gli2; Midbrain; Neuron; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CRANIAL NERVES; DOPAMINE; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; HOMOZYGOTE; INTERNEURONS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOTOR NEURONS; NOTOCHORD; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEROTONIN; SPINAL CORD; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0031679850     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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