Otx2 cell-autonomously determines dorsal mesencephalon versus cerebellum fate independently of isthmic organizing activity

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 377-388

  Di Giovannantonio, Luca G ^a   Salvio, Michela Di ^a,b   Omodei, Daniela ^a,b   Prakash, Nilima ^c   Wurst, Wolfgang ^c,d,e   Pierani, Alessandra ^f   Acampora, Dario ^a,g   Simeone, Antonio ^a,g  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^b CEINGE BIOTECNOLOGIE AVANZATE   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^f INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^g IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dorsal mesencephalon; Mouse; Otx2; Progenitor fate

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CEREBELLUM; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GLIA CELL; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURON; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PURKINJE CELL; RHOMBENCEPHALIC ISTHMUS; RNA TRANSLATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84891533352     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.102954     Document Type: Article

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