Cis-regulatory control of corticospinal system development and evolution

Nature

Volumn 486, Issue 7401, 2012, Pages 74-79

  Shim, Sungbo ^a   Kwan, Kenneth Y ^a   Li, Mingfeng ^a   Lefebvre, Veronique ^b   Šestan, Nenad ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E4 PROTEIN; FEZF2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX11; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MAMMAL; NEUROLOGY; REGULATORY APPROACH; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMNIOTE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOCORTEX; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SOXC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SPINAL CORD;

AMNIOTA; MAMMALIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 84861932338     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11094     Document Type: Article

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