Article
Differential requirement for Gli2 and Gli3 in ventral neural cell fate specification.
Developmental biology - 1 Jul 2003
Motoyama Jun, Milenkovic Ljiljana, Iwama Mizuho, Shikata Yayoi, Scott Matthew P, Hui Chi-chung
Abstract excerpt
Sonic hedgehog (Shh) directs the development of ventral cell fates, including floor plate and V3 interneurons, in the mouse neural tube. Here, we show that the transcription factors Gli2 and Gli3, mediators of Shh signaling, are required for the development of the ventral cell fates but make distinct contributions to controlling cell fates at different locations along the rostral-caudal axis. Mutants lacking...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Patterning
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Hedgehog Proteins
- Interneurons
- Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors
- Membrane Proteins
- Mice
- Motor Neurons
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Patched Receptors
