Notch-Rbpj signaling is required for the development of noradrenergic neurons in the mouse Locus coeruleus

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4320-4332

  Shi, Ming ^a,b   Hu, Ze Lan ^a,c   Zheng, Min Hua ^d   Song, Ning Ning ^a   Huang, Ying ^a   Zhao, Gang ^b   Han, Hua ^d   Ding, Yu Qiang ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ascl1; Hes1; Locus coeruleus; Notch signaling; Rbpj; Rhombomere 1

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; RBPJ PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ADRENERGIC NEURONS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; COUP TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE DELETION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN J RECOMBINATION SIGNAL SEQUENCE-BINDING PROTEIN; LOCUS COERULEUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROGENESIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

MAMMALIA; MUS; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 84872187989     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.102152     Document Type: Article

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