Epithelial coating controls mesenchymal shape change through tissue-positioning effects and reduction of surface-minimizing tension

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-69

  Ninomiya, Hiromasa ^a   Winklbauer, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SHAPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MESENCHYME CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; XENOPUS;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 37749016963     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1669     Document Type: Article

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