Transcriptional mechanisms of EphA7 gene expression in the developing cerebral cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1678-1689

  Pietri, Sandra ^a   Dimidschstein, Jordane ^a   Tiberi, Luca ^a   Sotiropoulou, Panagiota A ^a   Bilheu, Angéline ^a   Goffinet, André ^b   Achouri, Younes ^b,c   Tissir, Fadel ^b   Blanpain, Cédric ^a   Jacquemin, Patrick ^c   Vanderhaeghen, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cortex development; ephrin; gradient

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR A7; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; RECEPTOR, EPHA7; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84862846023     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr245     Document Type: Article

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