The emergent design of the neural tube: Prepattern, SHH morphogen and GLI code

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 513-521

  Ruiz I Altaba, Ariel ^a   Nguyên, Vân ^a   Palma, Verónica ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOGENIC AGENT; MORPHOGEN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 0141673242     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2003.08.005     Document Type: Review

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