COUP-TFI regulates the balance of cortical patterning between frontal/motor and sensory areas

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1277-1286

  Armentano, Maria ^a,c   Chou, Shen Ju ^b   Srubek Tomassy, Giulio ^a   Leingärtner, Axel ^b   O'Leary, Dennis D M ^b   Studer, Michèle ^a  

^a TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NR2F1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE DELETION; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; COUP TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR I; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PAX2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SEROTONIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34748834114     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1958     Document Type: Article

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