Morphogens in motion: Growth control of the neural tube

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 376-387

  Cayuso, Jordi ^a   Martí, Elisa ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP); Early growth; Fibroblast growth factor (FGF); Neural tube; Precursor cell proliferation; Retinoic acid (RA); Sonic hedghog (Shh); Wnt proteins

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CYCLIN D1; DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MORPHOGEN; RETINOIC ACID; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA MICROARRAY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; GROWTH REGULATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT2 PROTEIN;

EID: 23444439489     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20169     Document Type: Review

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