The preplacodal region: An ectodermal domain with multipotential progenitors that contribute to sense organs and cranial sensory ganglia

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 6-7, 2007, Pages 447-461

  Streit, Andrea ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMP; Ear; Ectoderm; Epibranchial; Eye; FGF; Olfactory epithelium; Sensory placodes; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CYCLIN A1; CYCLIN D1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; COCHLEA; EAR; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSE ORGAN; SENSORY GANGLION; SENSORY NERVE; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHICK EMBRYO; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; FORECASTING; GANGLIA, SENSORY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEAD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SENSE ORGANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 36048934978     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.072327as     Document Type: Review

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