Pax6 regulates boundary-cell specification in the rat hindbrain

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 128, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 289-302

  Takahashi, Masanori ^a   Osumi, Noriko ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hes5; Hindbrain; Neuronal differentiation; Pax6; Rhombomere boundary

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CADHERIN 7; CELL MARKER; NEUROGENIN 2; PROTEIN PLZF; PROTEIN RING1A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT5A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROGENESIS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TUBULIN;

RATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79959744279     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: 18726356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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