Regulation of Otx2 expression and its functions in mouse forebrain and midbrain

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 3319-3331

  Kurokawa, Daisuke ^a   Kiyonari, Hiroshi ^a   Nakayama, Rika ^a   Kimura Yoshida, Chiharu ^a   Matsuo, Isao ^a   Aizawa, Shinichi ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior neuroectoderm; Enhancer; Forebrain; Midbrain; Mouse; Otx2; Otxl; WNT signalling

Indexed keywords

T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; OTX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; OTX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; OTX2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; OTX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENHANCER REGION; FOREBRAIN; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIENCEPHALON; ECTODERM; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; METENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROSENCEPHALON; RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 4243198352     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01220     Document Type: Article

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