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Fig. 5. Induction of anterior, but not posterior, neural tissues in Xenopus. tActIIB, Smad7 and Ski induced the fore- and mid-brain markers Otx2 and En2, but not the hindbrain and spinal cord markers Krox20 and HoxB9. Image published in: Chang C and Harland RM (2007) Copyright © 2007. Image reproduced with permission of the publisher and the copyright holder. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Gene Synonyms Species Stage(s) Tissue otx2 otx-2, otx2-a, otx2-b, otxA, Xotx-2, Xotx2 Xenopus Throughout NF stage 17 anterior neural tube en2.L En-2, en2-a, en2-b, eng2, engrailed 2, engrailed homolog 2, engrailed-2, maben, xen2 X. laevis Throughout NF stage 17 presumptive midbrain-hindbrain boundary pre-chordal neural plate egr2.L EGR-2, Krox-20, krox20, XKr20, XKrox-20 X. laevis Throughout NF stage 17 presumptive rhombomere hoxb9 hox 2.5, xhoxb9, XlHbox-6, XlHbox6 Xenopus Throughout NF stage 17 neural tube posterior Image source: Published Larger Image Printer Friendly View

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