Integration of Signals along Orthogonal Axes of the Vertebrate Neural Tube Controls Progenitor Competence and Increases Cell Diversity
Author(s) -
Noriaki Sasai,
Eva Kutějová,
James Briscoe
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001907
Subject(s) - neural tube , biology , neural crest , progenitor cell , floor plate , microbiology and biotechnology , neural plate , fibroblast growth factor , morphogen , transcription factor , sonic hedgehog , cell type , anatomy , bone morphogenetic protein , embryo , signal transduction , neuroscience , cell , genetics , receptor , stem cell , gene
FGF gates competence to generate Floor Plate and Neural Crest in response to Shh and BMP signals by controlling expression of the transcription factor Nkx1.2.
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