Intrinsic differences between the superficial and deep layers of the Xenopus ectoderm control primary neuronal differentiation

Developmental Cell

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-182

  Chalmers, Andrew D ^a,b   Welchman, David ^a,b   Papalopulu, Nancy ^a,b  

^a WELLCOME CRC INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Anatomy ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN DELTA 1; PROTEIN ESR6E; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMINANT GENE; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BLASTOCYST; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO INDUCTION; GASTRULA; GENETICS; MALE; MESODERM; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLASTOCYST; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GASTRULA; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0036479658     PISSN: 15345807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-5807(02)00113-2     Document Type: Article

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