A two-step mechanism generates the spacing pattern of the ciliated cells in the skin of Xenopus embryos

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4715-4728

  Deblandre, Gisèle A ^a   Wettstein, Daniel A ^a,b   Koyano Nakagawa, Naoko ^a   Kintner, Chris ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b Myriad Genetic Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliated cell; Lateral inhibition; Notch; Spacing pattern; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; STEM CELL; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL MOVEMENT; CILIA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SKIN; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUBULIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032730001     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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