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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6961
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
The organization of neurons into columns is a prominent feature of central nervous system structure and function. In many regions of the central nervous system the grouping of neurons into columns links cell-body position to axonal trajectory, thus contributing to the establishment of topographic neural maps. This link is prominent in the developing spinal cord, where columnar sets of motor neurons innervate distinct targets in the periphery. We show here that sequential phases of Hox-c protein expression and activity control the columnar differentiation of spinal motor neurons. Hox expression in neural progenitors is established by graded fibroblast growth factor signalling and translated into a distinct motor neuron Hox pattern. Motor neuron columnar fate then emerges through cell autonomous repressor and activator functions of Hox proteins. Hox proteins also direct the expression of genes that establish motor topographic projections, thus implicating Hox proteins as critical determinants of spinal motor neuron identity and organization.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fgf8 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fibroblast Growth Factor 8, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fibroblast Growth Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/HOXB9 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hoxb9 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hoxc6 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hoxc9 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hoxd9 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Neoplasm Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/homeobox protein HOXA9
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1476-4687
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
425
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
926-33
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Motor neuron columnar fate imposed by sequential phases of Hox-c activity.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, Columbia University, 701 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA. jd2009@columbia.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't