Segmental identity and cerebellar granule cell induction in rhombomere 1

BMC Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Eddison, Mark ^a,b   Toole, Leah ^a   Bell, Esther ^a   Wingate, Richard J T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN GBX2; PROTEIN HOXA2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MIGRATION; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; LOCUS CERULEUS; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSURGERY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROMERE; NONHUMAN; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL GRANULE; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO INDUCTION; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NEURONS; RHOMBENCEPHALON;

EID: 3242684087     PISSN: 17417007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-2-14     Document Type: Article

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