NSCL-1 and -2 control the formation of precerebellar nuclei by orchestrating the migration of neuronal precursor cells

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2061-2072

  Schmid, Thomas ^a   Krüger, Marcus ^a,b   Braun, Thomas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; bHLH genes; Development; Migration; Pons; Precerebellar nuclei

Indexed keywords

NETRIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MUTANT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NSCL 1 GENE; NSCL 2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEM CELL;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STEM CELLS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; UP-REGULATION;

MUS;

EID: 34548220376     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04694.x     Document Type: Article

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