The expression patterns of c-kit and Sl in the chicken embryos suggest unexpected roles for these genes in somite and limb development

Gene Expression Patterns

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-58

  Reedy, Mark V ^a,b   Johnson, Randy L ^b   Erickson, Carol A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical ectodermal ridge; c kit; Chicken embryo; Dermamyotome; Foregut endoderm; Limb development; Myotome; Primordial germ cell; Somite; Steel factor

Indexed keywords

STEEL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; ENDODERM; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SOMITE;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0037347488     PISSN: 1567133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-133X(02)00072-8     Document Type: Article

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