Loss of orphan nuclear receptor GCNF function disrupts forebrain development and the establishment of the isthmic organizer

Developmental Biology

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-24

  Chung, Arthur C K ^a   Xu, Xueping ^a   Niederreither, Karen A ^a   Cooney, Austin J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GCNF; Isthmic organizer; Midbrain hindbrain boundary; Nuclear receptor

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GERM CELL NUCLEAR FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN EN1; PROTEIN EN2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GBX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOME NOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GENE INACTIVATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646044693     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2005.12.017     Document Type: Article

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