Sonic Hedgehog Signaling in the Developing CNS. Where It Has Been and Where It Is Going

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 97, Issue , 2011, Pages 75-117

  Matise, Michael P ^a   Wang, Hui ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell fate specification; Cell signaling mechanisms; CNS development; Gli proteins; Mouse mutants; Patched1; Primary cilium; Signal transduction; Smoothened; Spinal cord; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 80755169584     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385975-4.00010-3     Document Type: Chapter

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