The transcription factors Emx1 and Emx2 suppress choroid plexus development and promote neuroepithelial cell fate

Developmental Biology

Volumn 296, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 239-252

  von Frowein, Julia ^a,c   Wizenmann, Andrea ^a   Götz, Magdalena ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical hem; Emx1; Emx2; Midline; Patterning; Roof plate; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 33745932858     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.04.461     Document Type: Article

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