Reciprocal gene replacements reveal unique functions for Phox2 genes during neural differentiation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 4392-4403

  Coppola, Eva ^a,b   Pattyn, Alexandre ^c   Guthrie, Sarah C ^b   Goridis, Christo ^c   Studer, Michèle ^a  

^a TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

^b MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology   (United Kingdom)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Facial branchiomotor neuron migration; Knock in; Locus coerulus; Oculomotor and trochlear neurons; Phox2 genes

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN PHOX2A; PROTEIN PHOX2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; EMBRYO; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GANGLIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; MOTOR NEURONS; MUTATION; NEURONS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 29244442739     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600897     Document Type: Article

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