Wnt/β-catenin signaling in cerebral cortical development

Organogenesis

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 76-80

  Chenn, Anjen ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Laminar fate; Neural precursor; Neural stem cell; Radial patterning; Regional specification; Ventricular zone

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; WNT PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TUMOR; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL RENEWAL; COGNITION; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPITHELIAL TO MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 45849117968     PISSN: 15476278     EISSN: 15558592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/org.4.2.5852     Document Type: Review

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