Global cell sorting in the C. elegans embryo defines a new mechanism for pattern formation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 418-431

  Schnabel, Ralf ^a   Bischoff, Marcus ^a   Hintze, Arend ^a   Schulz, Anja Kristina ^a   Hejnol, Andreas ^a   Meinhardt, Hans ^b   Hutter, Harald ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

4D microscopy; Bioinformatics; Cell guidance; Cell migration; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SELECTION; EMBRYO; MORPHOGENESIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33744971112     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.03.004     Document Type: Article

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