Reduction in cell size during development of the spinal cord

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 409, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 592-602

  Chen, Aileen ^a,b   Ekman, Jonathan M ^a   Heathcote, R David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell number; Cell shape; Morphogenesis; Neural tube; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

APHIDICOLIN; HYDROXYUREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SIZE; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; SPINAL CORD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033549627     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19990712)409:4<592::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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