Sonic hedgehog-mediated ventralization disrupts formation of the midbrain- hindbrain junction in the chick embryo

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-216

  Zhang, Xiang Mei ^a   Lin, Eddie ^a   Yang, Xian Jie ^a,b  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary; Chick; Hindbrain; Isthmus; Midbrain; Pattern formation; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL JUNCTION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MESENCEPHALON; MESODERM; NEURAL TUBE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 0033909353     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000017443     Document Type: Article

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