Regulatory pathways linking progenitor patterning, cell fates and neurogenesis in the ventral neural tube

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1489, 2008, Pages 57-70

  Briscoe, James ^a   Novitch, Bennett G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hedgehog signalling; Neural tube patterning; Neurogenesis; Neuronal subtype identity; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE TREATMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; VERTEBRATE;

ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36448958709     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2006.2012     Document Type: Review

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