The evolutionary history of vertebrate cranial placodes II: Evolution of ectodermal patterning

Developmental Biology

Volumn 389, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 98-119

  Schlosser, Gerhard ^a   Patthey, Cedric ^b,c   Shimeld, Sebastian M ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; BMP; Ciona; Eya; Neural crest; Neural induction; Placodes; Preplacodal ectoderm; Six1; Wnt

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BRANCHIOSTOMA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHORDATA; CRANIAL PLACODE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EVOLUTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY RECEPTOR; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; CHORDATA; CIONA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

AMPHIOXUS; BMP; CIONA; EYA; NEURAL CREST; NEURAL INDUCTION; PLACODES; PREPLACODAL ECTODERM; SIX1; WNT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; NEURAL PLATE; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84897391948     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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