Notch1 signaling influences V2 interneuron and motor neuron development in the spinal cord

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 102-117

  Yang, Xudong ^a   Tomita, Taisuke ^b   Wines Samuelson, Mary ^a   Beglopoulos, Vassilios ^a   Tansey, Malú G ^c   Kopan, Raphael ^b   Shen, Jie ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix; Chox10; Conditional knockout; Homeodomain; Interneuron; Islet; Lim3; Motor neuron; Mouse; Neuronal specification; Notch; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; STEM CELL; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR, NOTCH1; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33644618562     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090757     Document Type: Article

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