Birth and death of cells in limb development: A mapping study

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 235, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2521-2537

  Fernandez Teran M A ^a   Hinchliffe, J R ^b   Ros, M A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; Limb development; Mouse embryo; pH3; Programmed cell death; Proliferation; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICK EMBRYO; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FORELIMB; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDUCED MUTATION; LIMB BUD; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MITOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHICK EMBRYO; ECTODERM; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; HISTONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; JOINTS; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748335734     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20916     Document Type: Article

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