Positional information by Rauber's sickle and a new look at the mechanisms of primitive streak initiation in avian blastoderms

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 255, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 315-327

  Callebaut, Marc ^a   Van Nueten, Emmy ^a   Bortier, Hilde ^a   Harrisson, Fernand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Avian blastoderm; Junctional endoblast; Positional information; Primitive streak; Rauber's sickle; Sickle endoblast

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CHICK EMBRYO; CHIMERA; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; QUAIL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BLASTODERM; CHICK EMBRYO; CHIMERA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; QUAIL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0037371524     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10065     Document Type: Article

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