POU domain factor Brn-3a controls the differentiation and survival of trigeminal neurons by regulating Trk receptor expression

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 2869-2882

  Huang, Eric J ^a   Zang, Keling ^a   Schmidt, Andrea ^a   Saulys, Asta ^a   Xiang, Mengqing ^b   Reichardt, Louis F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brn 3a; Knockout mice; POU domain factor; Trigeminal ganglion; Trk receptor

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTOR, TRKC; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0032803694     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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