Towards a cellular and molecular understanding of neurulation

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 221, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 117-145

  Colas, Jean François ^a   Schoenwolf, Gary C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biophysical determinants of form; Canalization of development; Cell behaviors; Central nervous system; Chick embryo; Folic acid; Genes; Heredity; Morphogenesis; Mouse knockouts; Neural folds; Neural groove; Neural plate; Neural tube defects (NTDs); Neurulation defects

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GASTRULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHICK EMBRYO; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHORDATA;

EID: 0035019860     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.1144     Document Type: Review

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