The peripheral sensory nervous system in the vertebrate head: A gene regulatory perspective

Developmental Biology

Volumn 370, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-23

  Grocott, Timothy ^a,b   Tambalo, Monica ^a   Streit, Andrea ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Network; Placodes; Sensory nervous system; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; WNT PROTEIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; CELL POPULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDERMIS; EYA GENE; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PAX GENE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PPR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIX GENE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84865649528     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.06.028     Document Type: Review

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