A critical role for sonic hedgehog signaling in the early expansion of the developing brain

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 103-110

  Britto, Joanne ^a,b   Tannahill, David ^a   Keynes, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYO; FOREBRAIN; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CHICK EMBRYO; COS CELLS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; NOTOCHORD; PHENOTYPE; REFERENCE VALUES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0036161517     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn797     Document Type: Article

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