On periodicity and directionality of somitogenesis

Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 211, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Aulehla, Alexander ^a   Pourquié, Olivier ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial patterning; Biological clock; Biological models; Embryology; Somites

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE PRODUCT; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN HES7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE; SOMITOGENESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY PATTERNING; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITES; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 33845790081     PISSN: 03402061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-006-0124-y     Document Type: Review

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