Catching a wave: The oscillator and wavefront that create the zebrafish somite

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 481-488

  Holley, Scott A ^a   Takeda, Hyroyuki ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Delta; Fgf; fss tbx24; Her; Notch

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8;

DYNAMICS; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; MESODERM; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; REVIEW; SOMITE; SPIKE WAVE; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0036920213     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1084952102001015     Document Type: Review

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