FGF8 induces formation of an ectopic isthmic organizer and isthmocerebellar development via a repressive effect on Otx2 expression

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1189-1200

  Martinez, Salvador ^a,b   Crossley, Philip H ^c   Cobos, Inma ^a,b   Rubenstein, John L R ^c   Martin, Gail R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain patterning; Cerebellum; En1; Fgf8; Isthmic organizer; Mid hindbrain organizer; Midbrain; Neuromere boundaries; Otx2; Wnt1

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; ECTOPIC ORGAN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOGENESIS; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT1 PROTEIN; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032908043     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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