C-Maf is required for the development of dorsal horn laminae III/IV neurons and mechanoreceptive DRG axon projections

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5362-5373

  Hu, Jia ^a   Huang, Tianwen ^a   Li, Tingting ^a   Guo, Zhen ^b   Cheng, Leping ^a  

^a Institute of Neuroscience and State Key Laboratory of Neuroscience   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CHOLECYSTOKININ; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR FAMILY RECEPTOR ALPHA 2; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR; PARVALBUMIN; PROTEIN RET; PROTEIN S 100; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR ALPHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR C MAF; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAFA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOUSE; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE PROJECTION; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACINI CORPUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CHOLECYSTOKININ; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MAF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, LARGE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 1; PACINIAN CORPUSCLES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MAF; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SPINAL CORD; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1;

EID: 84859738846     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6239-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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