A novel role for FOXA2 and SHH in organizing midbrain signaling centers

Developmental Biology

Volumn 369, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-42

  Bayly, Roy D ^a   Brown, Charmaine Y ^a,c   Agarwala, Seema ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Section of Molecular   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bi; BMP7; CYC; DI; E; EP; Floor plate; FP; H H; HB; HH; Hn; LFP; LMX1B; MB; Me; MFP; MHB; Midbrain hindbrain boundary; Ne; Roof plate; RP; Signaling centers; Spinal cord; TEC

Indexed keywords

HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BMP7 GENE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FLOOR PLATE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; LMX1B GENE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDBRAIN SIGNALING CENTER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ROOF PLATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DEVELOPMENT;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 84864368289     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.06.018     Document Type: Article

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