Neurogenin 1 (Neurog1) expression in the ventral neural tube is mediated by a distinct enhancer and preferentially marks ventral interneuron lineages

Developmental Biology

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 283-292

  Quiñones, Herson I ^a   Savage, Trisha K ^a   Battiste, James ^a   Johnson, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BAC transgenic mice; BHLH transcription factor; Cre recombinase; Gene regulation; Neural tube enhancer; Neurogenesis; Neurogenin; Ngn1; Spinal cord development; Ventral spinal cord interneurons

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEUROGENIN 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME SIZE; INTERNEURON; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 77951209155     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.02.012     Document Type: Article

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