Induction and patterning of the telencephalon in Xenopus laevis

Development

Volumn 129, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 5421-5436

  Lupo, Giuseppe ^a,b   Harris, William A ^b   Barsacchi, Giuseppina ^a   Vignali, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior endoderm; Cerberus; Chordin; FGF; Forebrain; Neural induction; Organizer; Telencephalon; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; WNT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; ENDODERM; EXPLANT; FOREBRAIN; GASTRULA; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TELENCEPHALON; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGANIZERS, EMBRYONIC; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; CERBERUS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036920566     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00095     Document Type: Article

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