Dynamic expression patterns of Nkx6.1 and Nkx6.2 in the developing mes-diencephalic basal plate

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2094-2101

  Moreno Bravo, Juan Antonio ^a   Perez Balaguer, Ariadna ^a   Martinez, Salvador ^a   Puelles, Eduardo ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basal plate; Development; Interstitial nucleus of cajal; Midbrain; Nkx6.1; Nkx6.2; Oculomotor nucleus; Pou4f1; Red nucleus; Rostral interstitial nucleus

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NKX6-1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NKX6-2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; POU4F1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALS; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77953775729     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22327     Document Type: Article

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