Lhx2 regulates a cortex-specific mechanism for barrel formation

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

Volumn 110, Issue 50, 2013, Pages

  Shetty, Ashwin S ^a   Godbole, Geeta ^a   Maheshwari, Upasana ^a   Padmanabhan, Hari ^a,f   Chaudhary, Rahul ^b   Muralidharan, Bhavana ^a   Hou, Pei Shan ^c   Monuki, Edwin S ^e   Kuo, Hung Chih ^c,d   Rema, V ^b   Tole, Shubha ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b NATIONAL BRAIN RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Harvard University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; EPHRIN A5; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MOUSE; MUTANT; NEOCORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VIBRISSA;

EID: 84890283090     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1311158110     Document Type: Article

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