The winged helix transcription factor Foxg1 facilitates retinal ganglion cell axon crossing of the ventral midline in the mouse

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3773-3784

  Pratt, Thomas ^a   Tian, Natasha M M L ^a   Simpson, T Ian ^a   Mason, John O ^a   Price, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BF1; Contralateral; Ephb; Ephrin B; Eye; Ipsilateral; Mouse; Optic chiasm; Retinal ganglion cell axons; Tract tracing

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B2; STAGE SPECIFIC EMBRYO ANTIGEN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EYE; FACILITATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NOSE; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC TRACT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL LINEAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; EPHRIN-B2; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OPTIC CHIASM; RECEPTOR, EPHB2; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 4444376781     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01246     Document Type: Article

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