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Molecular control of neural crest formation, migration and differentiation

J H Christiansen et al. Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2000 Dec.

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Induction, migration and differentiation of the neural crest are crucial for the development of the vertebrate embryo, and elucidation of the underlying mechanisms remains an important challenge. In the past year, a novel signal regulating the formation of neural crest cells has been identified, and advances have been made in uncovering roles for bone morphogenetic protein signals and for a transcription factor in the onset of neural crest migration. There have been new insights into the migration and plasticity of branchial neural crest cells. Important progress has been made in dissecting the roles of bone morphogenetic protein, Wnt and Notch signalling systems and their associated downstream transcription factors in the control of neural crest cell differentiation.

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