Transcriptional dynamics of murine motor neuron maturation in vivo and in vitro

Patel et al. show that gene expression and regulation in motor neurons is dynamic until juvenile age. A core subprogram (~40% of genes) is faithfully recapitulated in cultured motor neurons, with neuronal activity playing only a modulatory role.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tulsi Patel, Jennifer Hammelman, Siaresh Aziz, Sumin Jang, Michael Closser, Theodore L. Michaels, Jacob A. Blum, David K. Gifford, Hynek Wichterle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33022-4