Absence of the transcription factor Nfib delays the formation of the basilar pontine and other mossy fiber nuclei

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 513, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 98-112

  Kumbasar, Asli ^a   Plachez, Céline ^a   Gronostajski, Richard M ^b   Richards, Linda J ^a,c   Litwack, E David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Hindbrain; Mossy fiber; Neurogenesis; Precerebellar

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FACTOR I; NUCLEAR FACTOR IB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NFIA PROTEIN, MOUSE; NFIB PROTEIN, MOUSE; NFIX PROTEIN, MOUSE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RHOMBENCEPHALON; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE TRACT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PONS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; EYE PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NFI TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; PONS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 59649119865     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21943     Document Type: Article

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