Dorsal and intermediate neuronal cell types of the spinal cord are established by a BMP signaling pathway

Development

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1209-1220

  Nguyen, Vu H ^a   Trout, Jamie ^a   Connors, Stephanie A ^a   Andermann, Peter ^b   Weinberg, Eric ^b   Mullins, Mary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bmp2b; Bmp7; Dorsal sensory neuron; Dorsoventral; Interneuron; Neural crest; Neural patterning; Smad5; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; INTERNEURON; MUTANT; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURONS; MUTATION; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0034112411     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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