Specification and regionalisation of the neural plate border

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1516-1528

  Patthey, Cédric ^a   Gunhaga, Lena ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein; Fibroblast growth factor; Neural crest; Placodes; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; WNT PROTEIN;

BLASTULA; CELL FATE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPIDERMIS CELL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; ECTODERM; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEURAL PLATE; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 81855192739     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07871.x     Document Type: Review

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