Irx3 and Pax6 establish differential competence for Shh-mediated induction of GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons of the thalamus

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 41, 2013, Pages

  Robertshaw, Ellen ^a   Matsumoto, Ken ^a   Lumsden, Andrew ^a   Kiecker, Clemens ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell signaling; Neural development

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IRX3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPETENCE; DEVELOPMENT; DIENCEPHALON; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FOREBRAIN; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE DISRUPTION; GLUTAMATERGIC NERVE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRESSOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBTHALAMUS; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; ZONA LIMITANS INTRATHALAMICA;

CELL SIGNALING; NEURAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; CHICK EMBRYO; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EYE PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84885333910     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1304311110     Document Type: Article

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