A Wnt1-regulated genetic network controls the identity and fate of midbrain-dopaminergic progenitors in vivo

Development

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-98

  Prakash, Nilima ^a,b   Brodski, Claude ^c   Naserke, Thorsten ^a   Puelles, Eduardo ^d   Gogoi, Robindra ^d   Hall, Anita ^e   Panhuysen, Markus ^a   Echevarria, Diego ^f   Sussel, Lori ^g   Vogt Weisenhorn, Daniela M ^a   Martinez, Salvador ^f   Arenas, Ernest ^e   Simeone, Antonio ^d,h,i   Wurst, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER   (United States)

^h CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cell fate specification; Development; Dopaminergic neuron; Midbrain; Mouse; Nkx2 2; Otx2; Progenitor domain; Wnt1

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSPHERES; NEURONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 31644448700     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02181     Document Type: Article

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