The LIM-Homeodomain transcription factor Islet-1 is required for the development of sympathetic neurons and adrenal chromaffin cells

Developmental Biology

Volumn 380, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 286-298

  Huber, Katrin ^a   Narasimhan, Priyanka ^a   Shtukmaster, Stella ^a   Pfeifer, Dietmar ^b   Evans, Sylvia M ^c   Sun, Yunfu ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Chromaffin cell; Islet 1; Mouse; Sympathetic neuron; Sympathoadrenal cell lineage

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ISLET 1; LIM PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2BETA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HAND1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HAND2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR INSM1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PHOX2B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

MUS;

EID: 84879880259     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.04.027     Document Type: Article

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