Hedgehog–GLI signaling and the growth of the brain

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-33

  Ruiz i Altaba, Ariel ^a   Palma, Verónica ^a   Dahmane, Nadia ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLI PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; SHH PROTEIN, HUMAN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CELL CYCLE; EMBRYO INDUCTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL CYCLE; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ERINACEIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036363951     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn704     Document Type: Article

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