Differential requirements for Gli2 and Gli3 in the regional specification of the mouse hypothalamus

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 9, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Haddad Tóvolli, Roberta ^a   Paul, Fabian A ^b   Zhang, Yuanfeng ^a   Zhou, Xunlei ^a   Theil, Thomas ^c   Puelles, Luis ^d,e   Blaess, Sandra ^b   Alvarez Bolado, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Embryo; Gli1; Gli2; Gli3; Hypothalamus; Mouse; Mutant; Shh

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84927699500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2015.00034     Document Type: Article

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