Specification of neuronal fates in the ventral neural tube

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 43-49

  Briscoe, James ^a   Ericson, Johan ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; RETINOID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; BRAIN REGION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TYPE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOTONEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; NEURONS; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0035252990     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(00)00172-0     Document Type: Review

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