Zinc finger gene fez-like functions in the formation of subplate neurons and thalamocortical axons

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 546-556

  Hirata, Tustomu ^a   Suda, Yoko ^b   Nakao, Kazuki ^c   Narimatsu, Masahiro ^a,d   Hirano, Toshio ^a   Hibi, Masahiko ^b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^c Center for Developmental Biology   (Japan)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

fez like; Forebrain; Hyperactive behavior; Mouse; Subplate; Thalamocortical tract

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FEZ LIKE GENE; FOREBRAIN; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SUBPLATE NERVE CELL; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARRIER PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NEURONS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; THALAMUS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS; ZINC FINGERS;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 3042523384     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20068     Document Type: Article

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