loading...| Preferred Name |
roof plate |
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| Synonyms |
roof plate neural tube region roofplate roof plate neural tube |
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| Definitions |
A single row of glia at the dorsal midline of the developing neural tube along the entire anterior-posterior axis. This region provides inductive signals for the specification of neuronal cell types and of the specification of neural crest cells. The cells comprising the roof plate are the precursors to radial glial cells. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003054 |
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| database cross reference |
EMAPA:35361 |
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| definition |
A single row of glia at the dorsal midline of the developing neural tube along the entire anterior-posterior axis. This region provides inductive signals for the specification of neuronal cell types and of the specification of neural crest cells. The cells comprising the roof plate are the precursors to radial glial cells. |
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| has_exact_synonym |
roof plate neural tube region roofplate roof plate neural tube |
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| label |
roof plate |
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| prefixIRI |
UBERON:0003054 |
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| prefLabel |
roof plate |
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