Neural induction and factors that stabilize a neural fate

Birth Defects Research Part C - Embryo Today: Reviews

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-262

  Rogers, Crystal D ^a   Moody, Sally A ^b   Casey, Elena S ^a,c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 406 Reiss Science Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

BMP; FGF; Neural fate stabilization; Neural stem cells; Transcriptional network; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CHORDIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FOLLISTATIN; GEMININ; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NOGGIN; PROTEIN CERBERUS; PROTEIN IRO IRX; SMAD6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOX D5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VENT 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VENT 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FATE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349409319     PISSN: 1542975X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdrc.20157     Document Type: Review

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