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Morphogenic gradients governing areal identity in the neorcortex

Graded expression patterns of several factors thought to be responsible for shaping the ultimate neocortical landscape that is highly partitioned and specialized. Supplement list to Figure 4 in Rakic P, Ayoub AE, Breunig JJ, Dominguez MH. Decision by division: making cortical maps. Trends Neurosci. 2009 May;32(5):291-301. Epub 2009 Apr 18. Review. PubMed PMID: 19380167.

Image Molecule Repressses Induces Repressors Inducers References
BMPs BMPs (4,6,7; also 2,5) Foxg1, FGF8 Msx1 FGF8, Noggin
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Cadherin-11 Cadherin-11



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Cad6 Cadherin-6

FGFs
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CAd8 Cadherin-8


FGFs PubMed
Clim1a Clim1a



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COUP-TFI COUP-TFI (Nr2f1)

FGF8 > FGF17
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EGFs EGFs (TNFalpha, Nrg1, Nrg2, Nrg3)


Pax6 (required) PubMed
Emx2 Emx2 FGFs, Pax6 Reelin FGF8 >>> FGF17, Pax6 Wnts PubMed
EphA2 EphA2



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EphA7 EphA7



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Ephrin-A5 Ephrin-A5

FGFs
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Etv1 Etv1(Er81)


FGF8 PubMed
FGF15 FGF15



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FGF17 FGF17
Sp8
Sp8 PubMed
FGF8 FGF8 BMP4, Wnts, COUP-TF1, Emx2, Otx2 FGFs, Sp8, Nkx2.1, Ets Factors (Pea3, Erm, Etv1), Spry1 and Spry2 Emx2 Shh, Sp8 PubMed

FGFR3

FGF8
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Foxg1 Foxg1 (BF1) BMPs
BMP2, BMP4, Wnts
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Id2 Id2



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Lhx2 Lhx2 Wnts


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Lmo3 Lmo3



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Lmo4 Lmo4



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Nt3 Nt3



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Otx2 Otx2

FGF8
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p75 p75


Emx2 PubMed
Pax6 Pax6 Emx2 sFrp2 Emx2
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Pea3


FGF8 PubMed
RORbeta RORbeta

FGFs
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SCIP SCIP (Pou3f1)



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sFrp2 Sfrps (sFrp2) Wnts


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Shh Gli3 FGF8, Gli3R
Nkx2.1 PubMed
Sp8 Sp5



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Sp8
FGF8
FGFs PubMed
Spry1 Ets factors??


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Tbr1 Tbr1


FGF8 PubMed
Wnts Wnts (Wnt3a,Wnt2b,Wnt5a,Wnt8b)

FGFs NOT BMP PubMed