The basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor Nato3 controls neurogenic activity in mesencephalic floor plate cells

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1897-1906

  Ono, Yuichi ^a   Nakatani, Tomoya ^a   Minaki, Yasuko ^a   Kumai, Minoru ^a  

^a Kobe MI R and D Center ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior identity; Dopaminergic neuron; Floor plate cell; Mesencephalon; Mouse; Nato3; Neurogenic activity

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NATO3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; GENE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NATO3 GENE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL TUBE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 77952127540     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.042572     Document Type: Article

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