The transcription factor, Lmx1b, is necessary for the development of the principal trigeminal nucleus-based lemniscal pathway

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 394-403

  Xiang, Chuanxi ^a   Zhang, Kai Hua ^a   Yin, Jun ^a   Arends, Joop J A ^a   Erzurumlu, Reha S ^b   Jacquin, Mark F ^a   Chen, Zhou Feng ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrels; Drg11; Lmx1b; Pattern formation; Transcription factor; Whiskers

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DRG11; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LMX1B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LIM HOMEOBOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1 BETA; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PRRXL1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GANGLION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEUS; VIBRISSA; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE; THALAMUS; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DEATH; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; TRIGEMINAL NUCLEI; VIBRISSAE; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS;

MUS;

EID: 77954034410     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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