Neural tube patterning by Ephrin, FGF and Notch signaling relays

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5429-5439

  Stolfi, Alberto ^a   Wagner, Eileen ^a   Taliaferro, J Matthew ^a   Chou, Seemay ^a   Levine, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciona; Ephrin; FGF; Motoneurons; Neural tube; Notch

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; EPHRIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX7;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GANGLION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOTONEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EPHRINS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURAL TUBE; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD;

CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 81755163930     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.072108     Document Type: Article

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