The dynamics and regulation of mesenchymal cell fusion in the sea urchin embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 111-124

  Hodor, Paul G ^a   Ettensohn, Charles A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cell fusion; In vivo confocal microscopy; Morphogenesis; Primary mesenchyme; Sea urchin embryo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL FUSION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MESENCHYME; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA URCHIN;

ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032126725     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8924     Document Type: Article

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