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XB-ANAT-17

Anatomy Term: midbrain-hindbrain boundary
XAO ID: 0000016
Synonyms: isthmus, isthmic organizer territory, MHB
Definition: "The part of the brain that is the morphological boundary between the midbrain and hindbrain and that is the location of an organizing center which patterns the midbrain and hindbrain primordia of the neural plate."
Stage Range: NF stage 22 to death
Marker Genes: fgf8 en2 wnt3 foxd4l1.1 pou4f4 spry2 ism1
Antibody: En2 Ab1 En2 Ab3 Nervous Ab1
Develops From:
Anatomy Item Stage Range
presumptive midbrain-hindbrain boundary NF stage 13 to NF stage 22
Develops Into:
 
Parent(s): presumptive midbrain-hindbrain boundary

 

Parent(s): anatomical line (is_a) brain (part_of) neural plate (part_of)

 


References: Ontology Lookup Service , XB ANATOMY ONTOLOGY