Pax6 and Engrailed 1 Regulate Two Distinct Aspects of Renshaw Cell Development

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1255-1264

  Sapir, Tamar ^a,f   Geiman, Eric J ^a,b   Wang, Zhi ^c,e   Velasquez, Tomoko ^a   Mitsui, Sachiko ^d   Yoshihara, Yoshihiro ^d   Frank, Eric ^c,e   Alvarez, Francisco J ^b   Goulding, Martyn ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

En1; Pax6; Recurrent inhibition; Renshaw cells; Spinal cord development; V1 interneurons

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EN1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGRAILED 1 GENE; GENE; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAX6 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INHIBITION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RENSHAW CELL; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEIN, VITAMIN D-DEPENDENT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EYE PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0842281806     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3187-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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