Otx genes in neurogenesis of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 665-679

  Simeone, Antonio ^a,b   Puelles, Eduardo ^c   Omodei, Daniela ^a   Acampora, Dario ^a,b   di Giovannantonio, Luca Giovanni ^a   di Salvio, Michela ^a   Mancuso, Pietro ^a   Tomasetti, Carmine ^a  

^a CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fgf8; Mesencephalic dopaminergic differentiation; Otx; Shh; Wnt1

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; ISTHMIC ORGANIZER; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OTX GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHOMBENCEPHALIC ISTHMUS;

DOPAMINE; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79960150087     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.20877     Document Type: Article

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