The lack of Emx2 causes impairment of Reelin signaling and defects of neuronal migration in the developing cerebral cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1109-1118

  Mallamaci, Antonello ^a   Mercurio, Sara ^a,d   Muzio, Luca ^a   Cecchi, Chiara ^a   Pardini, Celia Leonor ^a   Gruss, Peter ^b   Boncinelli, Edoardo ^a,c  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cajal Retzius cells; Emx2; Neocortex; Radial glia; Reeler; Subplate

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; REELIN GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO; GLIA; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034143343     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-03-01109.2000     Document Type: Article

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