The case for floor plate induction by the notochord

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-22

  Placzek, Marysia ^a   Dodd, Jane ^b   Jessell, Thomas M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO INDUCTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; NOTOCHORD; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0034134152     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)00060-4     Document Type: Note

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