Survival of patchwork melanoblasts is dependent upon their number in the hair follicle at the end of embryogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 266-276

  Aubin Houzelstein, Geneviève ^a   Bernex, Florence ^a   Elbaz, Colette ^a   Panthier, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a ECOLE NATIONALE VÉTÉRINAIRE D ALFORT   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Coat color; Community effect; Melanocyte; Mouse; Variegation

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032525970     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8910     Document Type: Article

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