Pax-2 regulatory sequences that direct transgene expression in the developing neural plate and external granule cell layer of the cerebellum

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 99-108

  Rowitch, David H ^a,b   Kispert, Andreas ^a   McMahon, Andrew P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Midbrain hindbrain junction; Neural plate; Pax 2; Rhombomere; Sonic hedgehog; Transcription factor; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GRANULE CELL; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NEUROECTODERM; NEUROMERE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CEREBELLUM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEINS; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SOMITES; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0032844157     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00104-2     Document Type: Article

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