Origins of neurogenesis, a cnidarian view

Developmental Biology

Volumn 332, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-24

  Galliot, Brigitte ^a   Quiquand, Manon ^a   Ghila, Luiza ^a   de Rosa, Renaud ^a   Miljkovic Licina, Marijana ^a   Chera, Simona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aurelia; Clytia; Cnidarians; Evolution; Hydra; Nematogenesis; Nematostella; Nervous system; Neurogenesis; Podocoryne; Poriferans; Regulatory genes; Urbilateria

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CHORDIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GOOSECOID PROTEIN; HOX PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MASH1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL MIGRATION; CNIDARIAN LIFE CYCLE STAGE; COELENTERATE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYDROZOA; JELLYFISH; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDUSA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TISSUE REGENERATION;

ACROPORA; ANTHOZOA; AURELIA; BILATERIA; CLYTIA; CNIDARIA; EUMETAZOA; HYDRA; HYDROZOA; NEMATOSTELLA; PODOCORYNE; PORIFERA;

EID: 67649840679     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.05.563     Document Type: Review

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