The Ciliogenic Transcription Factor RFX3 regulates early midline distribution of guidepost neurons required for corpus callosum development

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Benadiba, Carine ^a,b   Magnani, Dario ^c   Niquille, Mathieu ^a   Morlé, Laurette ^b   Valloton, Delphine ^a   Nawabi, Homaira ^b   Ait Lounis, Aouatef ^d   Otsmane, Belkacem ^a   Reith, Walter ^d   Theil, Thomas ^c   Hornung, Jean Pierre ^a   Lebrand, Cécile ^a,e   Durand, Bénédicte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; REGULATORY FACTOR X3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FGF8 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GLI3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; REGULATORY FACTOR X TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL MIGRATION; CILIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; CORTICAL SEPTAL BOUNDARY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EXPLANT; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GUIDEPOST NEURON; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RFX3 GENE; ROSTRO COMMISSURAL PLATE; TRANSPLANTATION ASSAY; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84859230726     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002606     Document Type: Article

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