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midbrain-hindbrain boundary

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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. [ http://amigo.geneontology.org/amigo/term/GO:0021555 ]

Term info

Label

midbrain-hindbrain boundary

Synonyms
  • MHB
  • mid-hindbrain boundary
  • mid-hindbrain junction
  • midbrain hindbrain boundary
database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core

editor note

consider adding class for organizer. Consider adding separate class for isthmus as a structure

has related synonym

isthmus, isthmus/MHB, isthmic organizer territory, isthmo-cerebellar region

homology notes

Lampreys also have an MHB [midbrain hindbrain boundary], expressing a similar repertoire of regulatory gene cognates as in gnathostomes.[well established][VHOG]

id

UBERON:0003052