cash4, a novel achaete-scute homolog induced by Hensen's node during generation of the posterior nervous system

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 603-615

  Henrique, Domingos ^a   Tyler, Dave ^a   Kintner, Chris ^b   Heath, John K ^c   Lewis, Julian H ^a   Ish Horowicz, David ^a   Storey, Kate G ^d  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

achaete scute; chick embryo; fibroblast growth factor; Neural induction; neurogenesis; posterior nervous system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030901471     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.5.603     Document Type: Article

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