Lmx1a Encodes a Rostral Set of Mesodiencephalic Dopaminergic Neurons Marked by the Wnt/B-Catenin Signaling Activator R-spondin 2

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Hoekstra, Elisa J ^a,b   von Oerthel, Lars ^a,b   van der Heide, Lars P ^a   Kouwenhoven, Willemieke M ^a   Veenvliet, Jesse V ^a   Wever, Iris ^b   Jin, Yong Ri ^d   Yoon, Jeong K ^d   van der Linden, Annemarie J A ^b   Holstege, Frank C P ^c   Groot Koerkamp, Marian J ^c   Smidt, Marten P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PBX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU4F1; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C130021L20RIK GENE; CALB2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LMX1A GENE; MESODIENCEPHALIC DOPAMINERGIC NEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NURR1 GENE; PBX1 GENE; PHENOTYPE; PITX2 GENE; POU4F1 GENE; R SPONDIN 2 GENE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; WNT GENE;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84884187461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074049     Document Type: Article

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