Otx2, Gbx2 and Fgf8 interact to position and maintain a mid-hindbrain organizer

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 736-741

  Joyner, Alexandra L ^b   Liu, Aimin ^a   Millet, Sandrine ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHICKEN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAIL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0033711978     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(00)00161-7     Document Type: Review

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