Dorsoventral patterning of the brain: A comparative approach

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 628, Issue , 2008, Pages 42-56

  Urbach, Rolf ^a   Technau, Gerhard M ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL FATE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GSH GENE; IND GENE; MSH GENE; MSX GENE; NERVE CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NKX GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE; VND GENE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTHROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS;

EID: 49949105399     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-78261-4_3     Document Type: Review

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