Basal progenitor cells in the embryonic mouse thalamus - their molecular characterization and the role of neurogenins and Pax6

Neural Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Lynn ^a   Bluske, Krista K ^a,b   Dickel, Lauren K ^c   Nakagawa, Yasushi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NEUROD1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NEUROG1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NEUROG2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; THALAMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOCORTEX; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEURONS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PREGNANCY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 81055148325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8104-6-35     Document Type: Article

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