Induction and patterning of neuronal development, and its connection to cell cycle control

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-25

  Bally Cuif, Laure ^a,b   Hammerschmidt, Matthias ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CHORDIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN P53; SOMATOMEDIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; ECTODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; STEM CELL; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0037320701     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(03)00015-1     Document Type: Review

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