A posteriorising factor, retinoic acid, reveals that anteroposterior patterning controls the timing of neuronal differentiation in Xenopus neuroectoderm

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 3409-3418

  Papalopulu, Nancy ^a,b,c   Kintner, Chris ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b WELLCOME CRC INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior patterning; Neuroectoderm; Neuronal differentiation; Posteriorising factor; Retinoic acid; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESODERM; NEURONS; PROTEINS; TRETINOIN; TUBULIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029905130     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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