Distinct actions of Emx1, Emx2, and Pax6 in regulating the specification of areas in the developing neocortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 7627-7638

  Bishop, Kathie M ^a   Rubenstein, John L R ^b   O'Leary, Dennis D M ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Area identity; Cadherins; Corticogenesis; EphA7; Ephrin A5; Id2; p75; Patterning mechanisms; Positional identity; ROR ; RZR ; Thalamocortical projections; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN A5; GENE PRODUCT; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 2; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN CAD6; PROTEIN CAD8; PROTEIN EPHA7; PROTEIN P75; PROTEIN RZRBETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STEM CELL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0036759119     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-17-07627.2002     Document Type: Article

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