The ciliogenic transcription factor Rfx3 is required for the formation of the thalamocortical tract by regulating the patterning of prethalamus and ventral telencephalon

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2578-2593

  Magnani, Dario ^a   Morlé, Laurette ^b   Hasenpusch Theil, Kerstin ^a   Paschaki, Marie ^b   Jacoby, Monique ^c   Schurmans, Stéphane ^d   Durand, Bénédicte ^b   Theil, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Luxembourg)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; NETRIN1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SLIT PROTEIN; SLIT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RFX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLI3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOINOSITIDE 5-PHOSPHATASE; REGULATORY FACTOR X TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOUBERT SYNDROME; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBTHALAMUS; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; VENTRAL TELENCEPHALON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BRAIN CORTEX; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; THALAMUS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; HOMOZYGOTE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; TELENCEPHALON; THALAMUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84941902740     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddv021     Document Type: Article

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