Somite development without influence of the surface ectoderm in the chick embryo: The compartments of a somite responsible for distal rib development

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 351-362

  Hirao, Akiko ^a,b   Aoyama, Hirohiko ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Ectoderm; Gene expression pattern analysis; Ribs; Somite

Indexed keywords

FETOPROTEIN; GAMMA F CRYSTALLIN BINDING PROTEIN; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; PROTEIN SCLERAXIS; PROTEIN SIM1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DERMOMYOTOME; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; MESENCHYME; MYOTOME; NONHUMAN; RIB; SCLEROTOME; SOMITE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CARTILAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; ECTODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MORPHOGENESIS; RIBS;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 4544229239     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2004.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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