Multistep role for actin in initial closure of the mesencephalic neural groove in the chick embryo

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-108

  Van Straaten, Henny W M ^a   Sieben, Inge ^a   Hekking, Johan W M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actin; Cell movements; Chick embryo; Cytochalasin D; Initial neurulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN D;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSCOPY; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIDEORECORDING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOCHALASIN D; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS;

EID: 0036233951     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10078     Document Type: Article

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