A revised model of Xenopus dorsal midline development: Differential and separable requirements for Notch and Shh signaling

Developmental Biology

Volumn 352, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 254-266

  Peyrot, Sara M ^a,b,d   Wallingford, John B ^a,b,c   Harland, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dorsal midline; Floor plate; Hypochord; Notch; Notochord; Shh

Indexed keywords

NETRIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX2.2; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FLOOR PLATE; GASTRULATION; HYPOCHORD; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANURA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79953028205     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.01.021     Document Type: Article

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