Onecut transcription factors act upstream of isl1 to regulate spinal motoneuron diversification

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 139, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3109-3119

  Roy, Agnès ^a   Francius, Cédric ^a   Rousso, David L ^b,e   Seuntjens, Eve ^c   Debruyn, Joke ^c   Luxenhofer, Georg ^d   Huber, Andrea B ^d   Huylebroeck, Danny ^c   Novitch, Bennett G ^b   Clotman, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS development; Isl1; Neuronal diversification; Onecut factors; Sip1; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; SIP1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ONECUT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FATE; CHICK; EMBRYO; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VISCERA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPORATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; ONECUT TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84864818854     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.078501     Document Type: Article

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