Mechanisms of neural specification from embryonic stem cells

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-43

  Gaspard, Nicolas ^a   Vanderhaeghen, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SMAD1 PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL SPECIFICITY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

EID: 76749153458     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2009.12.001     Document Type: Review

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