Isthmus organizer for mesencephalon and metencephalon

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Nakamura, Harukazu ^a   Sato, Tatsuya ^b   Suzuki Hirano, Asuka ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Fgf8; Isthmus organizer; Ras ERK pathway; Tectum

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; WNT1 PROTEIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHICK EMBRYO; MESENCEPHALON; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; QUAIL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; CHICK EMBRYO; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESENCEPHALON; METENCEPHALON; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL CREST; QUAIL; RAS PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PHASIANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44249096162     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2008.00995.x     Document Type: Review

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