Experimental Sey mouse chimeras reveal the developmental deficiencies of Pax6-null granule cells in the postnatal cerebellum

Developmental Biology

Volumn 351, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Swanson, Douglas J ^a   Goldowitz, Dan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Differentiation; External germinal layer (EGL); Foliation; Migration; Purkinje cell; Radial glia

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL MUTANT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; GERM LAYER; GLIA; GRANULE CELL; LETHALITY; MIGRATION INHIBITION; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PURKINJE CELL; TARGET CELL;

EID: 79551684419     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2010.11.018     Document Type: Article

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