Patterning and cell fate in the inner ear: A case for Notch in the chicken embryo

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-112

  Neves, Joana ^a   Abelló, Gina ^a   Petrovic, Jelena ^a   Giraldez, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Delta; Development; Hearing; Jagged; Lateral induction; Lateral inhibition

Indexed keywords

JAGGED1; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2;

CHICKEN; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; HAIR CELL; INNER EAR; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; OTIC PLACODE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; EAR, INNER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84872126418     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dgd.12016     Document Type: Review

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