The Zinc Finger Transcription Factor Sp9 Is Required for the Development of Striatopallidal Projection Neurons

Striatal medium-sized spiny neurons (MSNs), composed of striatonigral and striatopallidal neurons, are derived from the lateral ganglionic eminence (LGE). We find that the transcription factor Sp9 is expressed in LGE progenitors that generate nearly all striatal MSNs and that Sp9 expression is maint...

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Main Authors: Qiangqiang Zhang, Yue Zhang, Chunyang Wang, Zhejun Xu, Qifei Liang, Lei An, Jiwen Li, Zhidong Liu, Yan You, Miao He, Ying Mao, Bin Chen, Zhi-Qi Xiong, John L. Rubenstein, Zhengang Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-08-01
Series:Cell Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124716308592