Lhx2 and Lhx9 determine neuronal differentiation and compartition in the caudal forebrain by regulating Wnt signaling

PLoS Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Peukert, Daniela ^a,b   Weber, Sabrina ^a   Lumsden, Andrew ^b   Scholpp, Steffen ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; NEUROGENIN 1; P CADHERIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; CADHERIN; LHX2B PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; LHX9 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; LIM HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PROTOCADHERIN 10 PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL ADHESION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; EPITHALAMUS; FOREBRAIN; GASTRULATION; INTERNEURON; MESENCEPHALON; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; THALAMUS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CADHERINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROGENESIS; PROSENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84855176609     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001218     Document Type: Article

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