Sonic hedgehog regulates proliferation and inhibits differentiation of CNS precursor cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 8954-8965

  Rowitch, David H ^a,b,c   St Jacques, Benoit ^a,d   Lee, Scott M K ^a   Flax, Jonathon D ^b   Snyder, Evan Y ^b   McMahon, Andrew P ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Ontogeny Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Centra nervous system; Differentiation; GAL4; Medulloblastoma; Proliferation; Sonic hedgehog; Transgenic mice; Tumorigenesis; Wnt 1

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; FETUS; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL;

EID: 0033570359     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-20-08954.1999     Document Type: Article

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