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Forced expression of Phox2 homeodomain transcription factors induces a branchio-visceromotor axonal phenotype.
Developmental biology - 15 Mar 2007
Hirsch Marie-Rose, Glover Joel C, Dufour Héloïse D, Brunet Jean-François, Goridis Christo
Abstract excerpt
What causes motor neurons to project into the periphery is not well understood. We here show that forced expression of the homeodomain protein Phox2b, shown previously to be necessary and sufficient for branchio-visceromotor neuron development, and of its paralogue Phox2a imposes a branchiomotor-like axonal phenotype in the spinal cord. Many Phox2-transfected neurons, whose axons would normally stay within the...
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