Otx2 regulates subtype specification and neurogenesis in the midbrain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 4856-4867

  Vernay, Bertrand ^a,b   Koch, Muriel ^a,b   Vaccarino, Flora ^c   Briscoe, James ^b   Simeone, Antonio ^d,e,f   Kageyama, Ryoichiro ^g   Ang, Siew Lan ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^f CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Conditional inactivation; Dopaminergic neurons; Midbrain; Neuronal identity; Otx2; Serotonergic neurons

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; NESTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RED NUCLEUS; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; TEGMENTUM; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY PATTERNING; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOPAMINE; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT1 PROTEIN;

EID: 18644367788     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5158-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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