A central role for the notochord in vertebral patterning

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 873-880

  Fleming, Angeleen ^a,b   Keynes, Roger ^a   Tannahill, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b VASTox plc   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone; Notochord; Segmentation; Somites; Vertebrae; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MATRIX; CARTILAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; OSTEOBLAST; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTOME; SOMITE; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MATRIX; CARTILAGE; NOTOCHORD; OSTEOBLASTS; ZEBRAFISH;

AMNIOTA; ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1342284817     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00952     Document Type: Article

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