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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
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, vertebrate_core
editor note
consider adding class for organizer. Consider adding separate class for isthmus as a structure
has obo namespace
uberon
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
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- anatomical junction and has part some (part of some midbrain) and has part some (part of some hindbrain)
Subclass of:
- ectoderm-derived structure
- anatomical junction
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- develops_from some midbrain hindbrain boundary neural plate
- immediate transformation of some midbrain hindbrain boundary neural plate
- part of some brain
- has part some (part of some midbrain)
- has part some (part of some hindbrain)