Rmst is a novel marker for the mouse ventral mesencephalic floor plate and the anterior dorsal midline cells

The availability of specific markers expressed in different regions of the developing nervous system provides a useful tool to illuminate their development, regulation and function. We have identified by expression profiling a putative non-coding RNA, Rmst, that exhibits prominent expression in the...

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Authors: Uhde, Christopher W., Vives Armengol, Joaquim|||0000-0001-9719-5235, Jaeger, Ines, Li, Meng
Format: article
Publication Date:2010
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:109347
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/109347
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008641
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Sistema nerviós
Neurologia
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Summary:The availability of specific markers expressed in different regions of the developing nervous system provides a useful tool to illuminate their development, regulation and function. We have identified by expression profiling a putative non-coding RNA, Rmst, that exhibits prominent expression in the midbrain floor plate region, the isthmus and the roof plate of the anterior neural tube. At the developmental stage when the ventral dopaminergic neuron territory is being established, Rmst expression appears to be restricted to the presumptive dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area that lies close to the ventral midline. Thus this study presents Rmst as a novel marker for the developing dopaminergic neurons in the mesencephalic floor plate as well as a marker for the dorsal midline cells of the anterior neural tube and the isthmic organizer.