Pax6 regulates the formation of the habenular nuclei by controlling the temporospatial expression of Shh in the diencephalon in vertebrates

BMC Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chatterjee, Mallika ^a,c   Guo, Qiuxia ^a   Weber, Sabrina ^b   Scholpp, Steffen ^b   Li, James Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Forebrain; Habenula; Mice; Organizer activity; Signaling; Thalamus; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; IRX1B PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SHH PROTEIN, MOUSE; SHHA PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HABENULA; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; THALAMUS; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HABENULA; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84899141018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-12-13     Document Type: Article

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