Endothelial cell migration directs testis cord formation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 326, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-120

  Combes, Alexander N ^a   Wilhelm, Dagmar ^a   Davidson, Tara ^a   Dejana, Elisabetta ^b   Harley, Vincent ^c   Sinclair, Andrew ^d   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Endothelial cells; Imaging; Organ culture; Organogenesis; Testis development

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

MAMMALIA; MYOIDA;

EID: 58549112365     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.10.040     Document Type: Article

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