Global cell sorting is mediated by local cell-cell interactions in the C. elegans embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 432-444

  Bischoff, Marcus ^a   Schnabel, Ralf ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

4D microscopy; Cell movements; Cell polarity; Cell sorting; Cell cell interactions; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CULTURE; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SELECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 33744973746     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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