Transcriptional regulation of tangential neuronal migration in the developing forebrain

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-145

  Chédotal, Alain ^a,b   Rijli, Filippo M ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE LA VISION   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; HOX PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NEUROGENIN 2; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROPILIN 1; NEUROPILIN 2; PARVALBUMIN; PROTEIN CDC42; SEMAPHORIN 3A; SEMAPHORIN 3F; SOMATOSTATIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL MIGRATION; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; NEURONS; PROSENCEPHALON; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 67650970745     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2009.04.005     Document Type: Review

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