Development and evolution of the migratory neural crest: a gene regulatory perspective

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 360-366

  Sauka Spengler, Tatjana ^a   Bronner Fraser, Marianne ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPILIN; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SEMAPHORIN; SLIT PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TYPE; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHORDATA; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NEURAL CREST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33745626159     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2006.06.006     Document Type: Review

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