Pleiotropic and isoform-specific functions for Pitx2 in superior colliculus and hypothalamic neuronal development

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 128-139

  Waite, Mindy R ^a   Skidmore, Jennifer M ^b   Micucci, Joseph A ^b   Shiratori, Hidetaka ^c   Hamada, Hiroshi ^c   Martin, James F ^d,e   Martin, Donna M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Differentiation; Isoform; Midbrain; Migration; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84870770784     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: 10959327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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