Brn3a/Pou4f1 regulates dorsal root ganglion sensory neuron specification and axonal projection into the spinal cord

Developmental Biology

Volumn 364, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-127

  Zou, Min ^a,b   Li, Shengguo ^a   Klein, William H ^c   Xiang, Mengqing ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal projection; Brn3a Pou4f1; Dorsal root ganglion; POU domain transcription factor; Sensory neuron specification; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN RET; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONAL PROJECTION; BRN3A GENE; BRN3B GENE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; SPINAL GANGLION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MUS;

EID: 84862792989     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.01.021     Document Type: Article

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