Requirement for EphA receptor signaling in the segregation of Xenopus third and fourth arch neural crest cells

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 63-79

  Helbling, Paul M ^a   Tran, Chi T ^a   Brändli, André W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Cranial neural crest; Eph receptors; EphA2; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL MIGRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031675373     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00148-8     Document Type: Article

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