The midbrain-hindbrain boundary organizer

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 34-42

  Rhinn, Muriel ^a   Brand, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIN; EPHRIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH INHIBITOR; MITOGENIC AGENT; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BRAIN REGION; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC REGULATION; MESENCEPHALON; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONALIZATION; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; RHOMBENCEPHALON; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 0035252737     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(00)00171-9     Document Type: Review

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