Blocking N-cadherin function disrupts the epithelial structure of differentiating neural tissue in the embryonic chicken brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 5415-5425

  Gänzler Odenthal, Susanne I I ^a,b   Redies, Christoph ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain nucleus formation; Brain segments; Cadherin; Cell adhesion; Chicken embryo; Diencephalon; Morphogenesis; Tectum

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CELL ADHESION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GRAY MATTER; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0344447099     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-14-05415.1998     Document Type: Article

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