NEURAL DEVELOPMENT - PATTERNING CASCADES IN THE NEURAL-TUBE

Citation
M. Placzek et A. Furley, NEURAL DEVELOPMENT - PATTERNING CASCADES IN THE NEURAL-TUBE, Current biology, 6(5), 1996, pp. 526-529
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Biology
Journal title
ISSN journal
09609822
Volume
6
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
526 - 529
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-9822(1996)6:5<526:ND-PCI>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The vertebrate central nervous system comprises an intricate array of neurons generated in a highly organized way. Examination of the genes expressed and required at early stages of neural differentiation revea ls that a coordinated signalling cascade transforms progenitor cells i nto discrete neuronal subsets.