Suppression of muscle fate by cellular interaction is required for mesenchyme formation during ascidian embryogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-22

  Kim, Gil Jung ^a   Nishida, Hiroki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian embryogenesis; Cellular interaction; Mesenchyme formation; Muscle determinants

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BLASTOMERE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MESENCHYME; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033214008     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9402     Document Type: Article

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