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Symbol
Name
ID
Helt
helt bHLH transcription factor
MGI:3040955

28 matching records from 28 references.

Summary by Age and Assay: Numbers in the table indicate the number of results matching the search criteria.
Age E8 E9 E9.5 E10 E10.5 E11 E11.5 E12.5 E13.5 E14.5 E15 E15.5 E16.5 E17.5 E18.5 E P
Immunohistochemistry (section) 1 1 1 6 8 3 1 2 1
In situ RNA (section) 1 1 6 11 2 2 4 1 3 2 1 4
In situ RNA (whole mount) 2 1 1 1 2 4 2 1
In situ reporter (knock in) 2 1 1
Northern blot 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Western blot 1
RT-PCR 2 1 1 1 2
cDNA clones 2 2 1 2 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
Helt  helt bHLH transcription factor   (Synonyms: Heslike, megane)
Results  Reference
1J:203421 Achim K, Peltopuro P, Lahti L, Tsai HH, Zachariah A, Astrand M, Salminen M, Rowitch D, Partanen J, The role of Tal2 and Tal1 in the differentiation of midbrain GABAergic neuron precursors. Biol Open. 2013;2(10):990-7
2J:185651 Bluske KK, Vue TY, Kawakami Y, Taketo MM, Yoshikawa K, Johnson JE, Nakagawa Y, beta-Catenin signaling specifies progenitor cell identity in parallel with Shh signaling in the developing mammalian thalamus. Development. 2012 Aug;139(15):2692-702
1J:188332 Delogu A, Sellers K, Zagoraiou L, Bocianowska-Zbrog A, Mandal S, Guimera J, Rubenstein JL, Sugden D, Jessell T, Lumsden A, Subcortical visual shell nuclei targeted by ipRGCs develop from a Sox14+-GABAergic progenitor and require Sox14 to regulate daily activity rhythms. Neuron. 2012 Aug 23;75(4):648-62
4J:206591 Di Giovannantonio LG, Di Salvio M, Omodei D, Prakash N, Wurst W, Pierani A, Acampora D, Simeone A, Otx2 cell-autonomously determines dorsal mesencephalon versus cerebellum fate independently of isthmic organizing activity. Development. 2014 Jan;141(2):377-88
1*J:153498 Diez-Roux G, Banfi S, Sultan M, Geffers L, Anand S, Rozado D, Magen A, Canidio E, Pagani M, Peluso I, Lin-Marq N, Koch M, Bilio M, Cantiello I, Verde R, De Masi C, Bianchi SA, Cicchini J, Perroud E, Mehmeti S, Dagand E, Schrinner S, Nurnberger A, SchmidtK, Metz K, Zwingmann C, Brieske N, Springer C, Hernandez AM, Herzog S, Grabbe F, Sieverding C, Fischer B, Schrader K, Brockmeyer M, Dettmer S, Helbig C, Alunni V, Battaini MA, Mura C, Henrichsen CN, Garcia-Lopez R, Echevarria D, Puelles E, et al., A high-resolution anatomical atlas of the transcriptome in the mouse embryo. PLoS Biol. 2011;9(1):e1000582
1J:170384 Fischer T, Faus-Kessler T, Welzl G, Simeone A, Wurst W, Prakash N, Fgf15-mediated control of neurogenic and proneural gene expression regulates dorsal midbrain neurogenesis. Dev Biol. 2011 Feb 15;350(2):496-510
3*J:171409 GUDMAP Consortium, GUDMAP: the GenitoUrinary Development Molecular Anatomy Project. www.gudmap.org. 2004;
32J:110708 Guimera J, Vogt Weisenhorn D, Echevarria D, Martinez S, Wurst W, Molecular characterization, structure and developmental expression of Megane bHLH factor. Gene. 2006 Aug 1;377:65-76
3J:119562 Guimera J, Weisenhorn DV, Wurst W, Megane/Heslike is required for normal GABAergic differentiation in the mouse superior colliculus. Development. 2006 Oct;133(19):3847-57
3J:143527 Kala K, Haugas M, Lillevali K, Guimera J, Wurst W, Salminen M, Partanen J, Gata2 is a tissue-specific post-mitotic selector gene for midbrain GABAergic neurons. Development. 2009 Jan;136(2):253-62
1J:244498 Lee B, Lee M, Song S, Loi LD, Lam DT, Yoon J, Baek K, Curtis DJ, Jeong Y, Specification of neurotransmitter identity by Tal1 in thalamic nuclei. Dev Dyn. 2017 Oct;246(10):749-758
2J:241012 Lee M, Yoon J, Song H, Lee B, Lam DT, Yoon J, Baek K, Clevers H, Jeong Y, Tcf7l2 plays crucial roles in forebrain development through regulation of thalamic and habenular neuron identity and connectivity. Dev Biol. 2017 Apr 01;424(1):62-76
1J:152413 Lin W, Metzakopian E, Mavromatakis YE, Gao N, Balaskas N, Sasaki H, Briscoe J, Whitsett JA, Goulding M, Kaestner KH, Ang SL, Foxa1 and Foxa2 function both upstream of and cooperatively with Lmx1a and Lmx1b in a feedforward loop promoting mesodiencephalic dopaminergic neuron development. Dev Biol. 2009 Sep 15;333(2):386-96
1J:284129 Meier S, Alfonsi F, Kurniawan ND, Milne MR, Kasherman MA, Delogu A, Piper M, Coulson EJ, The p75 neurotrophin receptor is required for the survival of neuronal progenitors and normal formation of the basal forebrain, striatum, thalamus and neocortex. Development. 2019 Sep 18;146(18):dev181933
16*J:90073 Miyoshi G, Bessho Y, Yamada S, Kageyama R, Identification of a novel basic helix-loop-helix gene, Heslike, and its role in GABAergic neurogenesis. J Neurosci. 2004 Apr 7;24(14):3672-82
1J:157957 Nakatani T, Kumai M, Mizuhara E, Minaki Y, Ono Y, Lmx1a and Lmx1b cooperate with Foxa2 to coordinate the specification of dopaminergic neurons and control of floor plate cell differentiation in the developing mesencephalon. Dev Biol. 2010 Mar 1;339(1):101-13
5J:124115 Nakatani T, Minaki Y, Kumai M, Ono Y, Helt determines GABAergic over glutamatergic neuronal fate by repressing Ngn genes in the developing mesencephalon. Development. 2007 Aug;134(15):2783-93
6*J:89485 Nakatani T, Mizuhara E, Minaki Y, Sakamoto Y, Ono Y, Helt, a novel basic-helix-loop-helix transcriptional repressor expressed in the developing central nervous system. J Biol Chem. 2004 Apr 16;279(16):16356-67
2J:162166 Peltopuro P, Kala K, Partanen J, Distinct requirements for Ascl1 in subpopulations of midbrain GABAergic neurons. Dev Biol. 2010 Jul 1;343(1-2):63-70
1J: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
1J:192558 Rabe TI, Griesel G, Blanke S, Kispert A, Leitges M, van der Zwaag B, Burbach JP, Varoqueaux F, Mansouri A, The transcription factor Uncx4.1 acts in a short window of midbrain dopaminergic neuron differentiation. Neural Dev. 2012;7:39
1J:218837 Song H, Lee B, Pyun D, Guimera J, Son Y, Yoon J, Baek K, Wurst W, Jeong Y, Ascl1 and Helt act combinatorially to specify thalamic neuronal identity by repressing Dlxs activation. Dev Biol. 2015 Feb 15;398(2):280-91
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
1*J:273627 Thompson J, Mendoza F, Tan E, Bertol JW, Gaggar AS, Jun G, Biguetti C, Fakhouri WD, A cleft lip and palate gene, Irf6, is involved in osteoblast differentiation of craniofacial bone. Dev Dyn. 2019 Mar;248(3):221-232
1J:345248 Tran HN, Nguyen QH, Jeong Y, Dbx1 is a dorsal midbrain-specific determinant of GABAergic neuron fate and regulates differentiation of the dorsal midbrain into the inferior and superior colliculi. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2024;12:1336308
2J:188110 Virolainen SM, Achim K, Peltopuro P, Salminen M, Partanen J, Transcriptional regulatory mechanisms underlying the GABAergic neuron fate in different diencephalic prosomeres. Development. 2012 Oct;139(20):3795-805
2J: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
7J:225359 Wende CZ, Zoubaa S, Blak A, Echevarria D, Martinez S, Guillemot F, Wurst W, Guimera J, Hairy/Enhancer-of-Split MEGANE and Proneural MASH1 Factors Cooperate Synergistically in Midbrain GABAergic Neurogenesis. PLoS One. 2015;10(5):e0127681

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