A sympathetic neuron autonomous role for Egr3-mediated gene regulation in dendrite morphogenesis and target tissue innervation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4570-4583

  Quach, David H ^a   Oliveira Fernandes, Michelle ^a   Gruner, Katherine A ^a   Tourtellotte, Warren G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GANGLION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; AXONS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITES; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 3; ELECTROPORATION; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84874594383     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5481-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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