Development of noradrenergic neurons in the zebrafish hindbrain requires BMP, FGF8, and the homeodomain protein soulless/Phox2a

Neuron

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 555-566

  Guo, Su ^a   Brush, Jennifer ^a   Teraoka, Hiroki ^b   Goddard, Audrey ^a   Wilson, Stephen W ^b   Mullins, Mary C ^c   Rosenthal, Arnon ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO; LOCUS CERULEUS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0033231292     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)81112-5     Document Type: Article

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