Neural crest specification: Tissues, signals, and transcription factors

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-68

  Rogers, C D ^a   Jayasena, C S ^a   Nie, S ^a   Bronner, M E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MORPHOGEN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNAIL; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ENDODERM; EPITHELIAL MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION; FOXD3 GENE; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HOX GENE; NERVE CELL; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL CREST CELL; NEUROECTODERM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE INTERACTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84870561552     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.8     Document Type: Review

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