Evidence that FGF8 signalling from the midbrain-hindbrain junction regulates growth and polarity in the developing midbrain

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 959-969

  Lee, Scott M K ^a   Danielian, Paul S ^a   Fritzsch, Bernd ^b   McMahon, Andrew P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; CNS; ELF 1; Engrailed; Fgf8; Mesencephalon; Pattern formation; Polarity; Wnt 1

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO POLARITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH REGULATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; DIENCEPHALON; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT1 PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030933498     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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