Lmx1a and Lmx1b function cooperatively to regulate proliferation, specification, and differentiation of midbrain dopaminergic progenitors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 35, 2011, Pages 12413-12425

  Yan, Carol H ^a,c   Levesque, Martin ^a   Claxton, Suzanne ^a   Johnson, Randy L ^b   Ang, Siew Lan ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1B; NEUROGENIN 2; PROTEIN LMX1A; PROTEIN LMX1B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LOSS; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORIN GENE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MIDBRAIN DOPAMINERGIC NEURON; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SLIT2 GENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DOPAMINE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-3A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 80052382699     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1077-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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