Complementary roles for Nkx6 and Nkx2 class proteins in the establishment of motoneuron identity in the hindbrain

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 4149-4159

  Pattyn, Alexandre ^a,c   Vallstedt, Anna ^a   Dias, Jose M ^a   Sander, Maike ^b,d   Ericson, Johan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS; Hindbrain; Homeodomain protein; Motoneuron

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN NKX2; PROTEIN NKX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL FATE; CELL LOSS; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; GENE MUTATION; INTERNEURON; LINEAR SYSTEM; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SOMATIC CELL; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0041827087     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00641     Document Type: Review

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