alx, a zebrafish homolog of Chx10, marks ipsilateral descending excitatory interneurons that participate in the regulation of spinal locomotor circuits

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 5684-5697

  Kimura, Yukiko ^a   Okamura, Yasushi ^a   Higashijima, Shin Ichi ^a  

^a OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chx10; GFP; Locomotion; Neural development; Spinal cord; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ALX; PROTEIN CHX 10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; VSX2 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; EFFERENT NERVE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INTERNEURON; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EYE PROTEINS; FEEDBACK; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; LOCOMOTION; NERVE NET; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 33744975862     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4993-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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