A novel role for retinoids in patterning the avian forebrain during presomite stages

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2039-2050

  Halilagic, Aida ^a   Zile, Maija H ^b   Studer, Michèle ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TELETHON INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND MEDICINE TIGEM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avian; Forebrain; Retinoids; VAD embryos

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DIENCEPHALON; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENDODERM; FOREBRAIN; GASTRULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUAIL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SOMITE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DEATH; CHICK EMBRYO; ENDODERM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; PHENOTYPE; PROSENCEPHALON; QUAIL; RETINOIDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0038750687     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00423     Document Type: Article

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