Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms underlying the GABAergic neuron fate in different diencephalic prosomeres

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 139, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 3795-3805

  Virolainen, Sini Maaria ^a   Achim, Kaia ^a   Peltopuro, Paula ^a   Salminen, Marjo ^b   Partanen, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ascl1; Cre recombinase; Diencephalon; GABAergic neuron; Gata2; IGL; Mouse; Neurogenesis; Pretectum; Prethalamus; Proneural gene; Terminal selector gene; Thalamus; Transcription factor; vLGN

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCL1 GENE; BRAIN REGION; CELL CYCLE; CELL FATE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GATA2 GENE; GATA3 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMATERGIC NERVE CELL; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SUBTHALAMUS; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIENCEPHALON; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GATA2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGENESIS; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84866491133     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.075192     Document Type: Article

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