Nkx6-1 controls the identity and fate of red nucleus and oculomotor neurons in the mouse midbrain

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2545-2555

  Prakash, Nilima ^a   Puelles, Eduardo ^b   Freude, Kristine ^c   Trümbach, Dietrich ^a   Omodei, Daniela ^d,h   Di Salvio, Michela ^d,h   Sussel, Lori ^e   Ericson, Johan ^f   Sander, Maike ^c,i   Simeone, Antonio ^d,h   Wurst, Wolfgang ^a,g  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^h INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dbx1; Mouse; Nkx6 1; Nkx6 2; Oculomotor trochlear nucleus; Otx2; Red nucleus

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DBX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MESENCEPHALON; MITOSIS; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RED NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROGENESIS; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RED NUCLEUS; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; TROCHLEAR NERVE;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 69049083517     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.031781     Document Type: Article

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