Motor axon exit from the mammalian spinal cord is controlled by the homeodomain protein Nkx2.9 via Robo-Slit signaling

Development

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1435-1446

  Bravo Ambrosio, Arlene ^a   Mastick, Grant ^b   Kaprielian, Zaven ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor axon exit; Mouse; Nkx2.9; Robo; SACMN; Slit

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; MOTONEURON; MOTOR SYSTEM; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; AXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84858824891     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.072256     Document Type: Article

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