The T-box transcription factor Eomes/Tbr2 regulates neurogenesis in the cortical subventricular zone

Genes and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 2479-2484

  Arnold, Sebastian J ^a   Huang, Guo Jen ^b   Cheung, Amanda F P ^c   Era, Takumi ^d   Nishikawa, Shin Ichi ^d   Bikoff, Elizabeth K ^a   Molnár, Zoltán ^c   Robertson, Elizabeth J ^a   Groszer, Matthias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain size; Eomesodermin; Neuronal progenitor cells; SVZ; Tbr2

Indexed keywords

EOMESODERMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; MICROCEPHALY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; MICE; NEURONS; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS;

EID: 51949109503     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.475408     Document Type: Article

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