Sox1 is required for the specification of a novel p2-derived interneuron subtype in the mouse ventral spinal cord

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 12274-12280

  Panayi, Helen ^a   Panayiotou, Elena ^a,b   Orford, Michael ^a   Genethliou, Nicolas ^a,b   Mean, Richard ^a   Lapathitis, George ^a   Li, Shengguo ^c   Xiang, Mengqing ^c   Kessaris, Nicoletta ^d   Richardson, William D ^d   Malas, Stavros ^a,b  

^a CYPRUS INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND GENETICS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX1; SOX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; INTERNEURON; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINAL CORD; VENTRAL ROOT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEUROGENESIS; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 77956796801     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2402-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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