Article Information
- Received February 5, 2009
- Revision received June 3, 2009
- Accepted June 8, 2009
- First published July 22, 2009.
- Version of record published July 22, 2009.
Author Information
- Diego M. Gelman1,
- Francisco J. Martini1,
- Sandrina Nóbrega-Pereira1,2,
- Alessandra Pierani3,
- Nicoletta Kessaris4, and
- Oscar Marín1
- 1Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas and Universidad Miguel Hernández, 03550 Sant Joan d'Alacant, Spain,
- 2Doctoral Program in Experimental Biology and Biomedicine, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, 3004-517 Coimbra, Portugal,
- 3Department de Biologie du Développement, Institut Jacques Monod, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7592, Université Paris Diderot, 75251 Paris, France, and
- 4Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London WC1E 6AE, United Kingdom
- Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Oscar Marín at the above address. o.marin{at}umh.es
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Disclosures
- Received February 5, 2009.
- Revision received June 3, 2009.
- Accepted June 8, 2009.
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This work was supported by grants from Spanish Government SAF2008-00770, CONSOLIDER CSD2007-00023, European Commission through Specific Targeted Research Projects contract 005139 (INTERDEVO), and the European Young Investigator Award scheme award (see www.esf.org/euryi) (O.M.). D.M.G. was the recipient of a European Molecular Biology Organization short-term fellowship and is currently an International Incoming Fellow from the Marie Curie Actions of the European Commission. F.J.M. is the recipient of a predoctoral fellowship from the Formación de Personal Universitario program of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. S.N.-P. was supported by a predoctoral fellowship from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (POCI 2010/FSE). N.K. is the recipient of a United Kingdom Medical Research Council New Investigator award. We thank M. Pérez and T. Gil for excellent technical assistance, S. A. Anderson for Nkx2-1-Cre mice, V. Pachnis and G. Schütz for Lhx6 and Cre antibodies, respectively, and John L. R. Rubenstein (Nkx5-1 and Nkx6-2), D. H. Rowitch (Olig2), F. Ruddle (Dbx1), and T. Jessell (Shh) for plasmids. We are very grateful to William Richardson for his support in the generation of BAC transgenic mice and to Miguel A. Valdeolmillos for sharing his electrophysiological setup, critical reading of this manuscript, and continuous support to the project. We are also thankful to members of the Marín, Rico, and Borrell Laboratories for helpful discussions and comments.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Oscar Marín at the above address. o.marin{at}umh.es
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