Gene Review:
Nkx6-2 - NK6 homeobox 2
Mus musculus
Synonyms:
Gtx, Nkx6.2
- Noninvasive monitoring of target gene expression by imaging reporter gene expression in living animals using improved bicistronic vectors. Wang, Y., Iyer, M., Annala, A.J., Chappell, S., Mauro, V., Gambhir, S.S. J. Nucl. Med. (2005)
- Multiple dorsoventral origins of oligodendrocyte generation in the spinal cord and hindbrain. Vallstedt, A., Klos, J.M., Ericson, J. Neuron (2005)
- Gtx: a novel murine homeobox-containing gene, expressed specifically in glial cells of the brain and germ cells of testis, has a transcriptional repressor activity in vitro for a serum-inducible promoter. Komuro, I., Schalling, M., Jahn, L., Bodmer, R., Jenkins, N.A., Copeland, N.G., Izumo, S. EMBO J. (1993)
- CNS myelin paranodes require Nkx6-2 homeoprotein transcriptional activity for normal structure. Southwood, C., He, C., Garbern, J., Kamholz, J., Arroyo, E., Gow, A. J. Neurosci. (2004)
- Mice lacking the Nkx6.2 (Gtx) homeodomain transcription factor develop and reproduce normally. Cai, J., Qi, Y., Wu, R., Modderman, G., Fu, H., Liu, R., Qiu, M. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2001)
- rRNA-complementarity in the 5' untranslated region of mRNA specifying the Gtx homeodomain protein: evidence that base- pairing to 18S rRNA affects translational efficiency. Hu, M.C., Tranque, P., Edelman, G.M., Mauro, V.P. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1999)
- An mRNA-rRNA base-pairing mechanism for translation initiation in eukaryotes. Dresios, J., Chappell, S.A., Zhou, W., Mauro, V.P. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. (2006)
- Complementary roles for Nkx6 and Nkx2 class proteins in the establishment of motoneuron identity in the hindbrain. Pattyn, A., Vallstedt, A., Dias, J.M., Sander, M., Ericson, J. Development (2003)
- Different levels of repressor activity assign redundant and specific roles to Nkx6 genes in motor neuron and interneuron specification. Vallstedt, A., Muhr, J., Pattyn, A., Pierani, A., Mendelsohn, M., Sander, M., Jessell, T.M., Ericson, J. Neuron (2001)
- Cloning and analysis of Nkx6.3 during CNS and gastrointestinal development. Alanentalo, T., Chatonnet, F., Karlen, M., Sulniute, R., Ericson, J., Andersson, E., Ahlgren, U. Gene Expr. Patterns (2006)