The transcription factor Foxg1 regulates the competence of telencephalic cells to adopt subpallial fates in mice

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-497

  Manuel, Martine ^a   Martynoga, Ben ^a,b   Yu, Tian ^a,c   West, John D ^a   Mason, John O ^a   Price, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Foxg1; Mouse; Patterning; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL COMPETENCE; CELL FATE; CELL MANIPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 74349085645     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.039800     Document Type: Article

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