The role of long range, local and direct signalling molecules during chick feather bud development involving the BMPs, Follistatin and the Eph receptor tyrosine kinase Eph-A4

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 51-62

  Patel, Ketan ^a   Makarenkova, Helen ^b   Jung, Han Sung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Skiball Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein; Chick; Embryo; Eph A4; Feather; Follistatin; Lateral inhibition; Sonic hedgehog; Spacing pattern; Wave front

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FOLLISTATIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPLANT; FEATHER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CHICK EMBRYO; FEATHERS; FETAL PROTEINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AVES; ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 0032780157     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00107-0     Document Type: Article

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