Sequential and combinatorial inputs from Nodal, Delta2/Notch and FGF/MEK/ERK signalling pathways establish a grid-like organisation of distinct cell identities in the ascidian neural plate

Development

Volumn 134, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 3527-3537

  Hudson, Clare ^a   Lotito, Sonia ^a   Yasuo, Hitoyoshi ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Ciona; Delta; ERK; FGF; MEK; Neural patterning; Nodal; Notch

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN NODAL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DNA PRIMERS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TARGETING; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEURAL PLATE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ASCIDIA; CIONA;

EID: 35649004318     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.002352     Document Type: Article

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