Ultrastructural analysis of the smooth-to-striated transition zone in the developing mouse esophagus: Emphasis on apoptosis of smooth and origin and differentiation of striated muscle cells

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 233, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 964-982

  Wörl, Jürgen ^a   Neuhuber, Winfried L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophageal myogenesis; Morphology of apoptosis; Muscle precursors; Satellite cells; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 20744450074     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20436     Document Type: Article

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