The Gata3 transcription factor is required for the survival of embryonic and adult sympathetic neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 32, 2010, Pages 10833-10843

  Tsarovina, Konstantina ^a   Reiff, Tobias ^a,d   Stubbusch, Jutta ^a,d   Kurek, Dorota ^b   Grosveld, Frank G ^b   Parlato, Rosanna ^c   Schütz, Günther ^c   Rohrer, Hermann ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; CASPASE 3; GATA3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; NBPHOX PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; STMN2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CHROMAFFIN CELLS; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NEURONS; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFECTION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 77956201048     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0175-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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