Lmx1b is essential for the development of serotonergic neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 933-938

  Ding, Yu Qiang ^a   Marklund, Ulrika ^b   Yuan, Wenlin ^a   Yin, Jun ^a   Wegman, Lauren ^c   Ericson, Johan ^b   Deneris, Evan ^c   Johnson, Randy L ^d   Chen, Zhou Feng ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PET1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; LMX1B GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0042360269     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1104     Document Type: Article

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