Gene co-regulation by Fezf2 selects neurotransmitter identity and connectivity of corticospinal neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1046-1054

  Lodato, Simona ^a   Molyneaux, Bradley J ^a,b   Zuccaro, Emanuela ^a   Goff, Loyal A ^c,d   Chen, Hsu Hsin ^a   Yuan, Wen ^a   Meleski, Alyssa ^a   Takahashi, Emi ^e   Mahony, Shaun ^d,f   Rinn, John L ^a,c,g   Gifford, David K ^a,d   Arlotta, Paola ^a  

^a Harvard University   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR B1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOREBRAIN EXPRESSED ZINC FINGER 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSPINAL MOTOR NEURON; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RNA SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84905006587     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3757     Document Type: Article

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