Sim1 and Sim2 are required for the correct targeting of mammillary body axons

Development

Volumn 132, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5527-5537

  Marion, Jean François ^a   Yang, Chun ^a   Caqueret, Aurore ^a   Boucher, Francine ^a   Michaud, Jacques L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hypothalmus; Mammillary body; Mouse; Sim1; Sim2; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SIM1; PROTEIN SIM2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FUSION GENE; HISTOLOGY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMILLARY BODY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE DOSAGE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAMILLARY BODIES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; THALAMUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 31144469715     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02142     Document Type: Article

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