Molecular control of spinal accessory motor neuron/axon development in the mouse spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 44, 2005, Pages 10119-10130

  Dillon, Allison K ^a   Fujita, Shinobu C ^b   Matise, Michael P ^c   Jarjour, Andrew A ^d   Kennedy, Timothy E ^d   Kollmus, Heike ^e   Arnold, Hans Henning ^e   Weiner, Joshua A ^f   Sanes, Joshua R ^g   Kaprielian, Zaven ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MITSUBISHI KAGAKU INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BEN ALCAM SC1 DM GRASP MuSC; DCC; Exit point; Gli2; Netrin; Nkx2.9; Spinal accessory motor neurons

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; NETRIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROL SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NERVE; TARGET CELL; VERTEBRATE;

ACCESSORY NERVE; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; SPINAL CORD; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 27744570395     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3455-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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