Epithelial-mesenchymal transition as a possible mechanism of Semicircular canal morphogenesis in chick inner ear

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 215, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-217

  Kobayashi, Yuriko ^a   Nakamura, Harukazu ^a   Funahashi, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

catenin; Basal lamina; Epithelial to mesenchymal transition; F actin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; F ACTIN; LAMININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL DISRUPTION; CELL FUSION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNER EAR; MESENCHYME CELL; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BETA CATENIN; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EAR CANAL; EAR, INNER; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MESODERM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 48949087492     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.215.207     Document Type: Article

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