Repulsive Guidance Molecule (RGM) Gene Function Is Required for Neural Tube Closure but Not Retinal Topography in the Mouse Visual System

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 808-818

  Niederkofler, Vera ^a   Salie, Rishard ^a   Sigrist, Markus ^a   Arber, Silvia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Exencephaly; GPI; Neural tube closure; Retinal topography; RGM

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PROTEIN MRGMA; PROTEIN MRGMB; PROTEIN MRGMC; REPULSIVE GUIDANCE MOLECULE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURFACE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RGM GENE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEREOTYPY; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; EPHRIN-A5; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RETINA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS;

EID: 0742322861     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4610-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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