Graded Levels of FGF Protein Span the Midbrain and Can Instruct Graded Induction and Repression of Neural Mapping Labels

Neuron

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 773-780

  Chen, Yao ^a   Mohammadi, Moosa ^b   Flanagan, John G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DEVBIO; MOLNEURO; SIGNALING

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECTUM; UPREGULATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; TECTUM MESENCEPHALI; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 67249115722     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2009.05.023     Document Type: Article

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