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Btg1 and Btg2 gene expression during early chick development.

Apical accumulation of Rho in the neural plate is important for neural plate cell shape change and neural tube formation.

Quantitative analysis of neural plate thickness and cell density during gastrulation in the chick embryo.

Stem cell factor functions as an outgrowth-promoting factor to enable axon exit from the midline intermediate target.

Long- and short-range signals control the dynamic expression of an animal hemisphere-specific gene in Xenopus.

The LIM-domain protein Zyxin binds the homeodomain factor Xanf1/Hesx1 and modulates its activity in the anterior neural plate of Xenopus laevis embryo.

Insulin redirects differentiation from cardiogenic mesoderm and endoderm to neuroectoderm in differentiating human embryonic stem cells.

Rohon-Beard sensory neurons are induced by BMP4 expressing non-neural ectoderm in Xenopus laevis.

Enabled (Xena) regulates neural plate morphogenesis, apical constriction, and cellular adhesion required for neural tube closure in Xenopus.

Isolation, characterization, and differentiation of stem cells derived from the rat amniotic membrane.

Human ES cell-derived neural rosettes reveal a functionally distinct early neural stem cell stage.

Manipulation and electroporation of the avian segmental plate and somites in vitro.

Cold-inducible RNA binding protein (CIRP), a novel XTcf-3 specific target gene regulates neural development in Xenopus.

Sox3 expression is maintained by FGF signaling and restricted to the neural plate by Vent proteins in the Xenopus embryo.

The mych gene is required for neural crest survival during zebrafish development.

A mechanism regulating the onset of Sox2 expression in the embryonic neural plate.

The avian embryo: an overview.

Quail-chick chimeras.

Transplantation of avian neural tissue.

Retinoic acid metabolizing factor xCyp26c is specifically expressed in neuroectoderm and regulates anterior neural patterning in Xenopus laevis.