Foxg 1 regulates retinal axon pathfinding by repressing an ipsilateral program in nasal retina and by causing optic chiasm cells to exert a net axonal growth-promoting activity

Development

Volumn 135, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 4081-4089

  Tian, Natasha M ^a   Pratt, Thomas ^a   Price, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chiasm; Foxg1; Mouse; Retinal ganglion cell

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR B1; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN FOXD1; PROTEIN FOXG1; PROTEIN ZIC2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FOXD1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; FOXG1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; ZIC2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME REPRESSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA GANGLION CELL; ANIMAL; CBA MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RETINA NERVE CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BODY PATTERNING; CELLS, CULTURED; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OPTIC CHIASM; RECEPTOR, EPHB1; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; RETINAL NEURONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 60849097319     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.023572     Document Type: Article

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