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SUBMITTER: Chen Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2850284 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Yao Y Mohammadi Moosa M Flanagan John G JG
Neuron 20090601 6
Graded guidance labels are widely used in neural map formation, but it is not well understood which potential strategy leads to their graded expression. In midbrain tectal map development, FGFs can induce an entire midbrain, but their protein distribution is unclear, nor is it known whether they may act instructively to produce graded gene expression. Using a receptor-alkaline phosphatase fusion probe, we find a long-range posterior > anterior FGF protein gradient spanning the midbrain. Heparan ...[more]