Type I cadherins are required for differentiation and coordinated rotation in Xenopus laevis somitogenesis

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 785-792

  Giacomello, Emiliana ^a   Vallin, Jerome ^a   Morali, Olivier ^a   Coulter, Ivan S ^a   Boulekbache, Habib ^a   Thiery, Jean P ^a   Broders, Florence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Cadherins; Myogenesis; Xenopus laevis somitogenesis

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOTOME; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMITE; TADPOLE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; FEMALE; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; SOMITES; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036709225     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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