The control of rostrocaudal pattern in the developing spinal cord: specification of motor neuron subtype identity is initiated by signals from paraxial mesoderm

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				F Helmbacher, S Schneider-Maunoury, P Topilko, L Tiret, and P Charnay Targeting of the EphA4 tyrosine kinase receptor affects dorsal/ventral pathfinding of limb motor axons Development, January 8, 2000; 127(15): 3313 - 3324. [Abstract] [PDF]

				T Nomura and H Fujisawa Alteration of the retinotectal projection map by the graft of mesencephalic floor plate or sonic hedgehog Development, January 5, 2000; 127(9): 1899 - 1910. [Abstract] [PDF]

				D. B. Donoviel, A.-K. Hadjantonakis, M. Ikeda, H. Zheng, P. S. G. Hyslop, and A. Bernstein Mice lacking both presenilin genes exhibitearlyembryonic patterningdefects Genes & Dev., November 1, 1999; 13(21): 2801 - 2810. [Abstract] [Full Text]

				M Stanke, D Junghans, M Geissen, C Goridis, U Ernsberger, and H Rohrer The Phox2 homeodomain proteins are sufficient to promote the development of sympathetic neurons Development, January 9, 1999; 126(18): 4087 - 4094. [Abstract] [PDF]

				A Chandrasekhar, H. Schauerte, P Haffter, and J. Kuwada The zebrafish detour gene is essential for cranial but not spinal motor neuron induction Development, January 6, 1999; 126(12): 2727 - 2737. [Abstract] [PDF]

				F Pituello, F Medevielle, F Foulquier, and A. Duprat Activation of Pax6 depends on somitogenesis in the chick embryo cervical spinal cord Development, January 2, 1999; 126(3): 587 - 596. [Abstract] [PDF]

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