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Symbol
Name
ID
Nkx6-2
NK6 homeobox 2
MGI:1352738

73 matching records from 73 references.

Summary by Age and Assay: Numbers in the table indicate the number of results matching the search criteria.
Age E1.5 E2 E8.5 E9 E9.5 E10 E10.5 E11 E11.5 E12 E12.5 E13.5 E14 E14.5 E15.5 E16.5 E17 E18.5 E P
Immunohistochemistry (section) 1 2 5 14 1 7 11 6 3 2 1
In situ RNA (section) 1 3 8 11 19 8 1 8 5 2 1 2 5
In situ RNA (whole mount) 2 2 1 2 2 1 2
In situ reporter (knock in) 1 2 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 2
Northern blot 1
RT-PCR 1 1 1 2 1 1 2
cDNA clones 1

Summary by Gene and Reference: Number indicates the number of results matching the search criteria recorded for each reference.
* Indicates detailed expression data entries available
Nkx6-2  NK6 homeobox 2   (Synonyms: Gtx, Nkx6.2)
Results  Reference
10*J:104158 Alanentalo T, Chatonnet F, Karlen M, Sulniute R, Ericson J, Andersson E, Ahlgren U, Cloning and analysis of Nkx6.3 during CNS and gastrointestinal development. Gene Expr Patterns. 2006 Jan;6(2):162-70
1J:328140 Asgarian Z, Oliveira MG, Stryjewska A, Maragkos I, Rubin AN, Magno L, Pachnis V, Ghorbani M, Hiebert SW, Denaxa M, Kessaris N, MTG8 interacts with LHX6 to specify cortical interneuron subtype identity. Nat Commun. 2022 Sep 5;13(1):5217
1J:131770 Baudet C, Pozas E, Adameyko I, Andersson E, Ericson J, Ernfors P, Retrograde signaling onto Ret during motor nerve terminal maturation. J Neurosci. 2008 Jan 23;28(4):963-75
3J:342341 Bechelli L, Tomasella E, Cardoso SL, Belmonte M, Gelman DM, Selective dopamine D2 receptor deletion from Nkx6.2 expressing cells causes impaired cognitive, motivation and anxiety phenotypes in mice. Sci Rep. 2023 Nov 9;13(1):19473
2J:69975 Cai J, Qi Y, Wu R, Modderman G, Fu H, Liu R, Qiu M, Mice lacking the Nkx6.2 (Gtx) homeodomain transcription factor develop and reproduce normally. Mol Cell Biol. 2001 Jul;21(13):4399-403
1J:341393 Cheffer A, Garcia-Miralles M, Maier E, Akol I, Franz H, Srinivasan VSV, Vogel T, DOT1L deletion impairs the development of cortical parvalbumin-expressing interneurons. Cereb Cortex. 2023 Sep 26;33(19):10272-10285
2*J:168654 Chung YC, Tsai YJ, Shiu TY, Sun YY, Wang PF, Chen CL, Screening large numbers of expression patterns of transcription factors in late stages of the mouse thymus. Gene Expr Patterns. 2011 Jan-Feb;11(1-2):84-92
1J:126634 Coppola E, Pattyn A, Guthrie SC, Goridis C, Studer M, Reciprocal gene replacements reveal unique functions for Phox2 genes during neural differentiation. EMBO J. 2005 Dec 21;24(24):4392-403
4J:132705 De Marco Garcia NV, Jessell TM, Early motor neuron pool identity and muscle nerve trajectory defined by postmitotic restrictions in Nkx6.1 activity. Neuron. 2008 Jan 24;57(2):217-31
1J:278241 Delile J, Rayon T, Melchionda M, Edwards A, Briscoe J, Sagner A, Single cell transcriptomics reveals spatial and temporal dynamics of gene expression in the developing mouse spinal cord. Development. 2019 Mar 27;146(12):dev173807
1J:178688 Demireva EY, Shapiro LS, Jessell TM, Zampieri N, Motor neuron position and topographic order imposed by beta- and gamma-catenin activities. Cell. 2011 Oct 28;147(3):641-52
1J:278229 Dewitz C, Duan X, Zampieri N, Organization of motor pools depends on the combined function of N-cadherin and type II cadherins. Development. 2019 Jul 10;146(13):dev180422
1J:271772 Dewitz C, Pimpinella S, Hackel P, Akalin A, Jessell TM, Zampieri N, Nuclear Organization in the Spinal Cord Depends on Motor Neuron Lamination Orchestrated by Catenin and Afadin Function. Cell Rep. 2018 Feb 13;22(7):1681-1694
2J:124892 Flames N, Pla R, Gelman DM, Rubenstein JL, Puelles L, Marin O, Delineation of multiple subpallial progenitor domains by the combinatorial expression of transcriptional codes. J Neurosci. 2007 Sep 5;27(36):9682-95
2J:157830 Flandin P, Kimura S, Rubenstein JL, The progenitor zone of the ventral medial ganglionic eminence requires Nkx2-1 to generate most of the globus pallidus but few neocortical interneurons. J Neurosci. 2010 Feb 24;30(8):2812-23
3J:174967 Flandin P, Zhao Y, Vogt D, Jeong J, Long J, Potter G, Westphal H, Rubenstein JL, Lhx6 and Lhx8 coordinately induce neuronal expression of Shh that controls the generation of interneuron progenitors. Neuron. 2011 Jun 9;70(5):939-50
2J:177914 Gelman D, Griveau A, Dehorter N, Teissier A, Varela C, Pla R, Pierani A, Marin O, A wide diversity of cortical GABAergic interneurons derives from the embryonic preoptic area. J Neurosci. 2011 Nov 16;31(46):16570-80
1J:151793 Gelman DM, Martini FJ, Nobrega-Pereira S, Pierani A, Kessaris N, Marin O, The embryonic preoptic area is a novel source of cortical GABAergic interneurons. J Neurosci. 2009 Jul 22;29(29):9380-9
1*J:91257 Gray PA, Fu H, Luo P, Zhao Q, Yu J, Ferrari A, Tenzen T, Yuk DI, Tsung EF, Cai Z, Alberta JA, Cheng LP, Liu Y, Stenman JM, Valerius MT, Billings N, Kim HA, Greenberg ME, McMahon AP, Rowitch DH, Stiles CD, Ma Q, Mouse Brain Organization Revealed Through Direct Genome-Scale TF Expression Analysis. Science. 2004 Dec 24;306(5705):2255-2257
1*J:171409 GUDMAP Consortium, GUDMAP: the GenitoUrinary Development Molecular Anatomy Project. www.gudmap.org. 2004;
1J:253351 Hanley O, Zewdu R, Cohen LJ, Jung H, Lacombe J, Philippidou P, Lee DH, Selleri L, Dasen JS, Parallel Pbx-Dependent Pathways Govern the Coalescence and Fate of Motor Columns. Neuron. 2016 Sep 7;91(5):1005-1020
3J:237535 Haugas M, Tikker L, Achim K, Salminen M, Partanen J, Gata2 and Gata3 regulate the differentiation of serotonergic and glutamatergic neuron subtypes of the dorsal raphe. Development. 2016 Dec 01;143(23):4495-4508
9J:98770 Henseleit KD, Nelson SB, Kuhlbrodt K, Hennings JC, Ericson J, Sander M, NKX6 transcription factor activity is required for {alpha}- and {beta}-cell development in the pancreas. Development. 2005 Jul;132(13):3139-49
1J:145299 Hochstim C, Deneen B, Lukaszewicz A, Zhou Q, Anderson DJ, Identification of positionally distinct astrocyte subtypes whose identities are specified by a homeodomain code. Cell. 2008 May 2;133(3):510-22
1J:243413 Hu JS, Vogt D, Lindtner S, Sandberg M, Silberberg SN, Rubenstein JLR, Coup-TF1 and Coup-TF2 control subtype and laminar identity of MGE-derived neocortical interneurons. Development. 2017 Aug 01;144(15):2837-2851
1J:155057 Hwang DY, Hong S, Jeong JW, Choi S, Kim H, Kim J, Kim KS, Vesicular monoamine transporter 2 and dopamine transporter are molecular targets of Pitx3 in the ventral midbrain dopamine neurons. J Neurochem. 2009 Dec;111(5):1202-12
1J:218198 Kaltezioti V, Antoniou D, Stergiopoulos A, Rozani I, Rohrer H, Politis PK, Prox1 regulates Olig2 expression to modulate binary fate decisions in spinal cord neurons. J Neurosci. 2014 Nov 19;34(47):15816-31
1J:266544 Kim J, Choi TI, Park S, Kim MH, Kim CH, Lee S, Rnf220 cooperates with Zc4h2 to specify spinal progenitor domains. Development. 2018 Sep 3;145(17):dev165340
1J:321499 Lee DR, Rhodes C, Mitra A, Zhang Y, Maric D, Dale RK, Petros TJ, Transcriptional heterogeneity of ventricular zone cells in the ganglionic eminences of the mouse forebrain. Elife. 2022 Feb 17;11:e71864
1J:92067 Lei Q, Zelman AK, Kuang E, Li S, Matise MP, Transduction of graded Hedgehog signaling by a combination of Gli2 and Gli3 activator functions in the developing spinal cord. Development. 2004 Aug;131(15):3593-604
1*J:173286 Long JE, Cobos I, Potter GB, Rubenstein JL, Dlx1&2 and Mash1 transcription factors control MGE and CGE patterning and differentiation through parallel and overlapping pathways. Cereb Cortex. 2009 Jul;19 Suppl 1:i96-106
1*J:173287 Long JE, Swan C, Liang WS, Cobos I, Potter GB, Rubenstein JL, Dlx1&2 and Mash1 transcription factors control striatal patterning and differentiation through parallel and overlapping pathways. J Comp Neurol. 2009 Feb 1;512(4):556-72
2J:291960 Ma P, Song NN, Li Y, Zhang Q, Zhang L, Zhang L, Kong Q, Ma L, Yang X, Ren B, Li C, Zhao X, Li Y, Xu Y, Gao X, Ding YQ, Mao B, Fine-Tuning of Shh/Gli Signaling Gradient by Non-proteolytic Ubiquitination during Neural Patterning. Cell Rep. 2019 Jul 9;28(2):541-553.e4
1J:165487 Magnani D, Hasenpusch-Theil K, Jacobs EC, Campagnoni AT, Price DJ, Theil T, The Gli3 hypomorphic mutation Pdn causes selective impairment in the growth, patterning, and axon guidance capability of the lateral ganglionic eminence. J Neurosci. 2010 Oct 13;30(41):13883-94
1J:220860 Magnani D, Morle L, Hasenpusch-Theil K, Paschaki M, Jacoby M, Schurmans S, Durand B, Theil T, The ciliogenic transcription factor Rfx3 is required for the formation of the thalamocortical tract by regulating the patterning of prethalamus and ventral telencephalon. Hum Mol Genet. 2015 May 1;24(9):2578-93
1J:254523 Magno L, Barry C, Schmidt-Hieber C, Theodotou P, Hausser M, Kessaris N, NKX2-1 Is Required in the Embryonic Septum for Cholinergic System Development, Learning, and Memory. Cell Rep. 2017 Aug 15;20(7):1572-1584
1J:156172 Marklund U, Hansson EM, Sundstrom E, de Angelis MH, Przemeck GK, Lendahl U, Muhr J, Ericson J, Domain-specific control of neurogenesis achieved through patterned regulation of Notch ligand expression. Development. 2010 Feb;137(3):437-45
9*J:161205 Moreno-Bravo JA, Perez-Balaguer A, Martinez S, Puelles E, Dynamic expression patterns of Nkx6.1 and Nkx6.2 in the developing mes-diencephalic basal plate. Dev Dyn. 2010 Jul;239(7):2094-101
3J:86051 Muller M, Jabs N, Lork DE, Fritzsch B, Sander M, Nkx6.1 controls migration and axon pathfinding of cranial branchio-motoneurons. Development. 2003 Dec;130(23):5815-26
4J:314945 Napolitano T, Avolio F, Silvano S, Forcisi S, Pfeifer A, Vieira A, Navarro-Sanz S, Friano ME, Ayachi C, Garrido-Utrilla A, Atlija J, Hadzic B, Becam J, Sousa-De-Veiga A, Plaisant MD, Balaji S, Pisani DF, Mondin M, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Amri EZ, Collombat P, Gfi1 Loss Protects against Two Models of Induced Diabetes. Cells. 2021 Oct 20;10(11)
2J:121344 Pachikara A, Dolson DK, Martinu L, Riccomagno MM, Jeong Y, Epstein DJ, Activation of Class I transcription factors by low level Sonic hedgehog signaling is mediated by Gli2-dependent and independent mechanisms. Dev Biol. 2007 May 1;305(1):52-62
2J:82563 Pattyn A, Vallstedt A, Dias JM, Samad OA, Krumlauf R, Rijli FM, Brunet JF, Ericson J, Coordinated temporal and spatial control of motor neuron and serotonergic neuron generation from a common pool of CNS progenitors. Genes Dev. 2003 Mar 15;17(6):729-37
3J:84976 Pattyn A, Vallstedt A, Dias JM, Sander M, Ericson J, Complementary roles for Nkx6 and Nkx2 class proteins in the establishment of motoneuron identity in the hindbrain. Development. 2003 Sep;130(17):4149-59
4*J:104952 Pedersen JK, Nelson SB, Jorgensen MC, Henseleit KD, Fujitani Y, Wright CV, Sander M, Serup P, Endodermal expression of Nkx6 genes depends differentially on Pdx1. Dev Biol. 2005 Dec 15;288(2):487-501
1*J:149237 Perez-Balaguer A, Puelles E, Wurst W, Martinez S, Shh dependent and independent maintenance of basal midbrain. Mech Dev. 2009 May-Jun;126(5-6):301-13
3J:80207 Persson M, Stamataki D, te Welscher P, Andersson E, Bose J, Ruther U, Ericson J, Briscoe J, Dorsal-ventral patterning of the spinal cord requires Gli3 transcriptional repressor activity. Genes Dev. 2002 Nov 15;16(22):2865-78
6J:152847 Prakash N, Puelles E, Freude K, Trumbach D, Omodei D, Di Salvio M, Sussel L, Ericson J, Sander M, Simeone A, Wurst W, Nkx6-1 controls the identity and fate of red nucleus and oculomotor neurons in the mouse midbrain. Development. 2009 Aug;136(15):2545-55
2*J:46928 Qiu M, Shimamura K, Sussel L, Chen S, Rubenstein JL, Control of anteroposterior and dorsoventral domains of Nkx-6.1 gene expression relative to other Nkx genes during vertebrate CNS development. Mech Dev. 1998 Mar;72(1-2):77-88
1*J:285611 Russo I, Gavello D, Menna E, Vandael D, Veglia C, Morello N, Corradini I, Focchi E, Alfieri A, Angelini C, Bianchi FT, Morellato A, Marcantoni A, Sassoe-Pognetto M, Ottaviani MM, Yekhlef L, Giustetto M, Taverna S, Carabelli V, Matteoli M, Carbone E, Turco E, Defilippi P, p140Cap Regulates GABAergic Synaptogenesis and Development of Hippocampal Inhibitory Circuits. Cereb Cortex. 2019 Jan 1;29(1):91-105
1*J:297081 Sayols S, Klassek J, Werner C, Mockel S, Ritz S, Mendez-Lago M, Soshnikova N, Signalling codes for the maintenance and lineage commitment of embryonic gastric epithelial progenitors. Development. 2020 Sep 15;147(18):dev188839
2J:163847 Schaffer AE, Freude KK, Nelson SB, Sander M, Nkx6 transcription factors and Ptf1a function as antagonistic lineage determinants in multipotent pancreatic progenitors. Dev Cell. 2010 Jun 15;18(6):1022-9
4*J:157819 Shimogori T, Lee DA, Miranda-Angulo A, Yang Y, Wang H, Jiang L, Yoshida AC, Kataoka A, Mashiko H, Avetisyan M, Qi L, Qian J, Blackshaw S, A genomic atlas of mouse hypothalamic development. Nat Neurosci. 2010;13(6):767-75
1J:243907 Snouffer A, Brown D, Lee H, Walsh J, Lupu F, Norman R, Lechtreck K, Ko HW, Eggenschwiler J, Cell Cycle-Related Kinase (CCRK) regulates ciliogenesis and Hedgehog signaling in mice. PLoS Genet. 2017 Aug;13(8):e1006912
6J:155164 Sousa VH, Miyoshi G, Hjerling-Leffler J, Karayannis T, Fishell G, Characterization of Nkx6-2-derived neocortical interneuron lineages. Cereb Cortex. 2009 Jul;19 Suppl 1:i1-10
7J:94807 Southwood C, He C, Garbern J, Kamholz J, Arroyo E, Gow A, CNS myelin paranodes require Nkx6-2 homeoprotein transcriptional activity for normal structure. J Neurosci. 2004 Dec 15;24(50):11215-25
2J:86692 Stenman JM, Wang B, Campbell K, Tlx controls proliferation and patterning of lateral telencephalic progenitor domains. J Neurosci. 2003 Nov 19;23(33):10568-76
2J:155359 Stuebner S, Faus-Kessler T, Fischer T, Wurst W, Prakash N, Fzd3 and Fzd6 deficiency results in a severe midbrain morphogenesis defect. Dev Dyn. 2010 Jan;239(1):246-60
1J:325356 Su-Feher L, Rubin AN, Silberberg SN, Catta-Preta R, Lim KJ, Ypsilanti AR, Zdilar I, McGinnis CS, McKinsey GL, Rubino TE Jr, Hawrylycz MJ, Thompson C, Gartner ZJ, Puelles L, Zeng H, Rubenstein JLR, Nord AS, Single cell enhancer activity distinguishes GABAergic and cholinergic lineages in embryonic mouse basal ganglia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2022 Apr 12;119(15):e2108760119
2*J:174767 Tang F, Barbacioru C, Nordman E, Bao S, Lee C, Wang X, Tuch BB, Heard E, Lao K, Surani MA, Deterministic and stochastic allele specific gene expression in single mouse blastomeres. PLoS One. 2011;6(6):e21208
5*J:215487 Thompson CL, Ng L, Menon V, Martinez S, Lee CK, Glattfelder K, Sunkin SM, Henry A, Lau C, Dang C, Garcia-Lopez R, Martinez-Ferre A, Pombero A, Rubenstein JL, Wakeman WB, Hohmann J, Dee N, Sodt AJ, Young R, Smith K, Nguyen TN, Kidney J, Kuan L, Jeromin A,Kaykas A, Miller J, Page D, Orta G, Bernard A, Riley Z, Smith S, Wohnoutka P, Hawrylycz MJ, Puelles L, Jones AR, A high-resolution spatiotemporal atlas of gene expression of the developing mouse brain. Neuron. 2014 Jul 16;83(2):309-23
4J:293140 Toch M, Harris A, Schakman O, Kondratskaya E, Boulland JL, Dauguet N, Debrulle S, Baudouin C, Hidalgo-Figueroa M, Gow A, Glover JC, Tissir F, Clotman F, Onecut-dependent Nkx6.2 transcription factor expression is required for proper formation and activity of spinal locomotor circuits. Sci Rep. 2020 Jan 22;10(1):996
7J:71607 Vallstedt A, Muhr J, Pattyn A, Pierani A, Mendelsohn M, Sander M, Jessell TM, Ericson J, Different levels of repressor activity assign redundant and specific roles to Nkx6 genes in motor neuron and interneuron specification. Neuron. 2001 Sep 13;31(5):743-55
1*J:109486 Vernersson E, Khoo NK, Henriksson ML, Roos G, Palmer RH, Hallberg B, Characterization of the expression of the ALK receptor tyrosine kinase in mice. Gene Expr Patterns. 2006 Jun;6(5):448-61
1J:189488 Waite MR, Skaggs K, Kaviany P, Skidmore JM, Causeret F, Martin JF, Martin DM, Distinct populations of GABAergic neurons in mouse rhombomere 1 express but do not require the homeodomain transcription factor PITX2. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2012 Jan;49(1):32-43
1J:167837 Waite MR, Skidmore JM, Billi AC, Martin JF, Martin DM, GABAergic and glutamatergic identities of developing midbrain Pitx2 neurons. Dev Dyn. 2011 Feb;240(2):333-46
1J:196218 Wang B, Long JE, Flandin P, Pla R, Waclaw RR, Campbell K, Rubenstein JL, Loss of Gsx1 and Gsx2 function rescues distinct phenotypes in Dlx1/2 mutants. J Comp Neurol. 2013 May 1;521(7):1561-84
1*J:190636 Wiese CB, Ireland S, Fleming NL, Yu J, Valerius MT, Georgas K, Chiu HS, Brennan J, Armstrong J, Little MH, McMahon AP, Southard-Smith EM, A genome-wide screen to identify transcription factors expressed in pelvic ganglia of the lower urinary tract. Front Neurosci. 2012;6:130
2J:167654 Xu Q, Guo L, Moore H, Waclaw RR, Campbell K, Anderson SA, Sonic hedgehog signaling confers ventral telencephalic progenitors with distinct cortical interneuron fates. Neuron. 2010 Feb 11;65(3):328-40
1J:102950 Xu Q, Wonders CP, Anderson SA, Sonic hedgehog maintains the identity of cortical interneuron progenitors in the ventral telencephalon. Development. 2005 Nov;132(22):4987-98
2J:335806 Yan L, Yin H, Mi Y, Wu Y, Zheng Y, Deficiency of Wdr60 and Wdr34 cause distinct neural tube malformation phenotypes in early embryos. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2023;11:1084245
1J:153550 Yu W, Wang Y, McDonnell K, Stephen D, Bai CB, Patterning of ventral telencephalon requires positive function of Gli transcription factors. Dev Biol. 2009 Oct 1;334(1):264-75
1J:160653 Zembrzycki A, Griesel G, Stoykova A, Mansouri A, Genetic interplay between the transcription factors Sp8 and Emx2 in the patterning of the forebrain. Neural Dev. 2007;2:8
3J:123923 Zhou Q, Law AC, Rajagopal J, Anderson WJ, Gray PA, Melton DA, A multipotent progenitor domain guides pancreatic organogenesis. Dev Cell. 2007 Jul;13(1):103-14

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