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Floor plate develops upon depletion of tiggy-winkle and sonic hedgehog

  1. L. Alton Etheridge1,2,‡,
  2. Tammy Wu1,†,‡,
  3. Jennifer O. Liang1,
  4. Stephen C. Ekker3,
  5. Marnie E. Halpern1,2,*

Article first published online: 23 JUL 2001

DOI: 10.1002/gene.1056

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Volume 30, Issue 3, pages 164–169, July 2001

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Etheridge, L. A., Wu, T., Liang, J. O., Ekker, S. C. and Halpern, M. E. (2001), Floor plate develops upon depletion of tiggy-winkle and sonic hedgehog. Genesis, 30: 164–169. doi: 10.1002/gene.1056

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  1. 1

    Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, Maryland

  2. 2

    Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

  3. 3

    Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  1. †

    Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720

  1. ‡

    These authors contributed equally to this work.

*Department of Embryology, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 115 West University Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21210

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 JUL 2001
  2. Article first published online: 23 JUL 2001
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 13 JUN 2001
  4. Manuscript Received: 18 MAY 2001

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  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Science Foundation

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