Specification of posterior hypothalamic neurons requires coordinated activities of Fezf2, Otp, Sim1a and Foxb1.2

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1762-1773

  Ryu, Soojin ^a   Wolf, Andrea ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fezf2; Hypothalamus; Mammillary area; Neuronal specification; Urotensin 1; Vasoactive intestinal peptide; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FEZF2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXB1.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIM1A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROTENSIN I; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; MAMMILLARY BODY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HYPOTHALAMUS, POSTERIOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLINOS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UROTENSINS; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL PEPTIDE; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84875425865     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.085357     Document Type: Article

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