Lhx6 and Lhx8 Coordinately Induce Neuronal Expression of Shh that Controls the Generation of Interneuron Progenitors

Neuron

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 939-950

  Flandin, Pierre ^a   Zhao, Yangu ^b   Vogt, Daniel ^a   Jeong, Juhee ^a   Long, Jason ^a   Potter, Gregory ^a   Westphal, Heiner ^b   Rubenstein, John L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN LHX6; PROTEIN LHX8; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; INTERNEURON; MEDIAL GANGLIONIC EMINENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENICULATE BODIES; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERNEURONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79958077317     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.04.020     Document Type: Article

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