The Dlx5 and Foxg1 transcription factors, linked via miRNA-9 and -200, are required for the development of the olfactory and GnRH system

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 68, Issue , 2015, Pages 103-119

  Garaffo, Giulia ^a   Conte, Daniele ^a   Provero, Paolo ^a   Tomaiuolo, Daniela ^a   Luo, Zheng ^a,g   Pinciroli, Patrizia ^b,h   Peano, Clelia ^c   D'Atri, Ilaria ^a   Gitton, Yorick ^d   Etzion, Talya ^e,f   Gothilf, Yoav ^e,f   Gays, Dafne ^a   Santoro, Massimo M ^a,e,f   Merlo, Giorgio R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g Zhoupu Hospital   (China)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dlx; Foxg1; GnRH; Kallmann syndrome; MicroRNA; Neuronal differentiation; Olfactory development

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 200; MICRORNA 376A; MICRORNA 9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DLX5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXG1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DLX5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXG1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; KALLMANN SYNDROME; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; NERVE CELL; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICRORNAS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PREGNANCY; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84942868468     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: 10959327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2015.04.007     Document Type: Article

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