Ras-dva1 small GTPase regulates telencephalon development in Xenopus laevis embryos by controlling Fgf8 and Agr signaling at the anterior border of the neural plate

Biology Open

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 192-200

  Tereshina, Maria B ^a   Ermakova, Galina V ^a   Ivanova, Anastasiya S ^a   Zaraisky, Andrey G ^a  

^a SHEMYAKIN OVCHINNIKOV INSTITUTE OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agr; Anterior neural border; Fgf8; Forebrain development; FoxG1; Otx2; Ras dva

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978997388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20147401     Document Type: Article

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