Current Progress in Neural Crest Cell Motility and Migration and Future Prospects for the Zebrafish Model System

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 497-513

  Halloran, Mary C ^a,b   Berndt, Jason D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Department of Zoology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ephrin; Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; Neural crest; Semaphorin

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; SEMAPHORIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; FUTUROLOGY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MESENCHYME CELL; MODEL; MUTAGENESIS; NEURAL CREST; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOSKELETON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS; NEURAL CREST; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO; DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0242558194     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10374     Document Type: Review

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