The transcription factors AP-2β and AP-2α are required for survival of sympathetic progenitors and differentiated sympathetic neurons

Developmental Biology

Volumn 355, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-100

  Schmidt, Mirko ^a   Huber, Leslie ^a   Majdazari, Afsaneh ^a   Schütz, Günther ^b   Williams, Trevor ^c   Rohrer, Hermann ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

AP 2 ; AP 2 ; Apoptosis; DRG; Neural crest; Parasympathetic; Sensory; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SIZE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; LOCUS CERULEUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSORY GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

EID: 79957591854     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.04.011     Document Type: Article

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