Gbx2 and Fgf8 are sequentially required for formation of the midbrain-hindbrain compartment boundary

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 725-734

  Sunmonu, N Abimbola ^a   Li, Kairong ^a   Guo, Qiuxia ^a   Li, James Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chick; Compartment; Fgf8; Gbx2; Lineage boundaries; Mouse; Otx2; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GBX2 PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOTION; CELL POPULATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79951522779     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.055665     Document Type: Article

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