Renshaw cell interneuron specialization is controlled by a temporally restricted transcription factor program

Development

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 179-190

  Stam, Floor J ^a   Hendricks, Timothy J ^a   Zhang, Jingming ^a   Geiman, Eric J ^a   Francius, Cedric ^b   Labosky, Patricia A ^c   Clotman, Frederic ^b   Goulding, Martyn ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Foxd3; Interneuron specification; Mouse; Onecut; Renshaw cell; Spinal cord; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXD3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ONECUT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS ONECUT 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS ONECUT 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RENSHAW CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 82855167155     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.071134     Document Type: Article

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