The neurotransmitter noradrenaline drives noggin-expressing ectoderm cells to activate N-tubulin and become neurons

Developmental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 224-232

  Messenger, N J ^a   Rowe, S J ^a   Warner, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo; N tubulin; Neural induction; Neuron; Neurotransmitter; Noggin; Noradrenaline; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; METHOXAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; PRAZOSIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BINDING; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033555442     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.9125     Document Type: Article

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