Eph signaling is required for segmentation and differentiation of the somites

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 3096-3109

  Durbin, Lindsey ^a   Brennan, Caroline ^a   Shiomi, Kensuke ^a   Cooke, Julie ^a   Barrios, Arantza ^a   Shanmugalingam, Shantha ^a   Guthrie, Brenda ^a   Lindberg, Rick ^b   Holder, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Eph ephrin signaling; Somitogenesis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE DISRUPTION; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SOMITE; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0032190648     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.19.3096     Document Type: Article

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