Ectopic Wnt/beta-Catenin signaling induces neurogenesis in the spinal cord and hindbrain floor plate

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Joksimovic, Milan ^a,d   Patel, Meera ^a   Taketo, Makoto Mark ^b   Johnson, Randy ^c   Awatramani, Rajeshwar ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; LMX1A PROTEIN; LMX1B PROTEIN; NEUROGENIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX6.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; F SPONDIN GENE; FEMALE; GENE; HINDBRAIN FLOOR PLATE; LMX1A GENE; LMX1B GENE; MALE; MOUSE; MSX1 GENE; MUTANT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMERE; NGN2 GENE; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; OTX2 GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SHH GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD FLOOR PLATE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84856018577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030266     Document Type: Article

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