GABAergic specification in the basal forebrain is controlled by the LIM-hd factor Lhx7

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A study on the role of LIM-hd factor Lhx7 in controlling neuronal specification in the basal forebrain in vertebrate embryos is presented. The evidence has been established in Xenopus.

author: Bachy, Isabelle, Retaux, Sylvie
France, Brain, Xenopus

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Distinct roles of HF-1b/Sp4 in ventricular and neural crest cells lineages affect cardiac conduction system development

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The role of HF-1b gene from ventricular and neural crest cells lineages in the development of cardiac conduction system in vertebrate embryos is studied.

author: Chien, Kenneth R., Hoshijima, Masahiko, Gu, Yusu, Amand, Tara R. St., Lu, Jonathan T., Zamora, Monica, Stricker, Janelle, Epstein, Jonathan A., Ross, John J., Ruiz-Lozano, Pilar
United States, Heart conduction system

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The vertebrate spalt genes in development and disease

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An overview of function of spalt genes in the development of vertebrates and also diseases in humans is presented.

author: Sweetman, Dylan, Mnsterberg, Andrea
United Kingdom, Human beings, Genetic disorders, Humans, Man

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subjects list: Research, Genetic aspects, Vertebrates, Embryology, Genes