Neural induction and early patterning in vertebrates

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 479-498

  Ozair, Mohammad Zeeshan ^a   Kintner, Chris ^b   Brivanlou, Ali H ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RECEPTOR REGULATED SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EMBRYO; EMBRYOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPIDERMAL INDUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL EMBRYOLOGY; GASTRULATION; GENE CONTROL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EMBRYOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL INDUCTION; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENES, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; NEURAL PLATE; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84886258996     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.90     Document Type: Review

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