Two distinct cell populations in the floor plate of the Zebrafish are induced by different pathways

Developmental Biology

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 350-363

  Odenthal, Jörg ^b   Van Eeden, Fredericus J M ^a   Haffter, Pascal ^a   Ingham, Philip W ^b   Nüsslein Volhard, Christiane ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fkd4; Floor plate; Motor neurons; Notochord; Sonic hedgehog

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; CYCLOPS; DANIO RERIO; ERINACEIDAE; IGUANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034642986     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9589     Document Type: Article

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