...-mail: [email protected] 1 6 2006 © 2006. 2006 Gdf11 Smad Spinal cord Hox Rostrocaudal patterning The formation of a functional neuronal network requires the generation of distinct types of neurons at specific locations in the nervous system and,therefore, understanding how...

... in the rostrocaudal patterning of the somite. We have previously shown that changes in the Mesp2 expression domain from a presumptive one somite into a rostral half somite results in differential activation of two types of Notch pathways, dependent or independent of presenilin 1 (Psen1),which is a Notch signal...