Rax is a selector gene for mediobasal hypothalamic cell types

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 259-272

  Lu, Fuqu ^a   Kar, Deepon ^a   Gruenig, Nicole ^a   Zhang, Zi Wei ^a   Cousins, Nicole ^a   Rodgers, Helen M ^b   Swindell, Eric C ^c   Jamrich, Milan ^d   Schuurmans, Carol ^e   Mathers, Peter H ^b   Kurrasch, Deborah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; HOMEOBOX; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEDIOBASAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAX GENE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMUS, MIDDLE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84871770871     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0913-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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