Neural patterning in the vertebrate embryo

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2001, Pages 447-482

  Altmann, C R ^a   Brivanlou, A H ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate; Cell signaling; Embryonic axis; Neural patterning; Vertebrate embryos

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN REGION; CELL FATE; CHICKEN; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEDGEHOG; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS TISSUE; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ERINACEIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035213755     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(01)03013-3     Document Type: Review

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