Publication Date:
1999-12-30
Description:
DNA topoisomerase IIbeta is shown to have an unsuspected and critical role in neural development. Neurogenesis was normal in IIbeta mutant mice, but motor axons failed to contact skeletal muscles, and sensory axons failed to enter the spinal cord. Despite an absence of innervation, clusters of acetylcholine receptors were concentrated in the central region of skeletal muscles, thereby revealing patterning mechanisms that are autonomous to skeletal muscle. The defects in motor axon growth in IIbeta mutant mice resulted in a breathing impairment and death of the pups shortly after birth.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Yang, X -- Li, W -- Prescott, E D -- Burden, S J -- Wang, J C -- NS10537/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- NS27963/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- NS36193/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS036193/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS036193-02/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS041311/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS041311-03/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- etc. -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2000 Jan 7;287(5450):131-4.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Skirball Institute of Molecular Medicine, New York University Medical School, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10615047" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Axons/*physiology/ultrastructure
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Cell Lineage
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Cues
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DNA Repair
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DNA Topoisomerases, Type II/genetics/*metabolism
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DNA-Binding Proteins
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Diaphragm/chemistry/embryology/innervation
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Embryonic and Fetal Development
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Gene Targeting
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Intercostal Muscles/innervation
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Mice
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Mice, Knockout
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Motor Neurons/physiology/ultrastructure
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Muscle, Skeletal/embryology/*innervation
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Neuromuscular Junction/*embryology/growth & development
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Neurons, Afferent/physiology/ultrastructure
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Presynaptic Terminals/ultrastructure
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Receptors, Cholinergic/analysis
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Skin/innervation
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Spinal Cord/embryology/ultrastructure
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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