Hand2 is necessary for terminal differentiation of enteric neurons from crest-derived precursors but not for their migration into the gut or for formation of glia

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2237-2249

  D'Autréaux, Fabien ^a   Morikawa, Yuka ^b   Cserjesi, Peter ^b   Gershon, Michael D ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; bHLH transription factor; Conditional knockout; Enteric nervous system; Gene knockout; Gut development; Mouse

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BETA ACTIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HAND2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FETUS; GASTROINTESTINAL DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; INTESTINE INNERVATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL CREST; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; STEM CELLS;

EID: 34347358665     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.003814     Document Type: Article

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