Lmx1b is essential for Fgf8 and Wnt1 expression in the isthmic organizer during tectum and cerebellum development in mice

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 317-325

  Guo, Chao ^a   Qiu, Hai Yan ^b   Huang, Ying ^a   Chen, Haixu ^c   Yang, Rong Qiang ^a   Chen, Sheng Di ^b   Johnson, Randy L ^c   Chen, Zhou Feng ^d   Ding, Yu Qiang ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Fgf8; Isthmic organizer; Lmx1b; Tectum

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN LMX1B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOMITE;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; CORPORA QUADRIGEMINA; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT1 PROTEIN;

MUS;

EID: 33846983932     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.02745     Document Type: Article

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