A Time and a Place for Nkx2-1 in Interneuron Specification and Migration

نویسندگان

  • Laura A.B. Elias
  • Gregory B. Potter
  • Arnold R. Kriegstein
چکیده

The homeobox transcription factor, Nkx2-1, plays multiple roles during forebrain development. Using restricted genetic ablation of Nkx2-1, in this issue of Neuron, Butt et al. show that Nkx2-1 in telencephalic progenitors regulates interneuron subtype specification, while Nóbrega-Pereira et al. demonstrate that postmitotic Nkx2-1 regulates migration and sorting of interneurons to the striatum or cortex by controlling the expression of the guidance receptor, Neuropilin-2.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Neuron

دوره 59  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008