Cell proliferation in mammalian gastrulation: The ventral node and notochord are relatively quiescent

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 205, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 471-485

  Bellomo, Daniela ^a   Lander, Anthony ^a   Harragan, Lan ^a   Brown, Nigel A ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bromodeoxyuridine; Cell proliferation; Node; Notochord

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE;

ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; GASTRULA; MAMMALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MITOSIS; NOCODAZOLE; NOTOCHORD; PREGNANCY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029873599     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199604)205:4<471::AID-AJA10>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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