Lmx1a is an activator of Rgs4 and Grb10 and is responsible for the correct specification of rostral and medial mdDA neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-32

  Hoekstra, Elisa J ^a,b   von Oerthel, Lars ^a,b   van der Linden, Annemarie J A ^a   Schellevis, Raymond D ^a   Scheppink, Gerard ^a   Holstege, Frank C ^c   Groot Koerkamp, Marian J ^c   van der Heide, Lars P ^b   Smidt, Marten P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Development; Dopamine; Midbrain; Mouse; Vmat2

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LMX1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOWN REGULATION; DSTN GENE; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GRB10 GENE; LMX1A GENE; MDDA GENE; MESODIENCEPHALIC DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MRPL54 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RGS4 GENE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL LINE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GRB10 ADAPTOR PROTEIN; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RGS PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84872152624     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12022     Document Type: Article

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