β-Catenin controls cell sorting at the notochord-somite boundary independently of cadherin-mediated adhesion

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 675-686

  Reintsch, Wolfgang E ^a   Habring Mueller, Anette ^b   Wang, Renee W ^a   Schohl, Anne ^a   Fagotto, François ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMITE; TISSUE; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SHAPE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; MOSAICISM; NOTOCHORD; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITES; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 23944507620     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200503009     Document Type: Article

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