Stripes and belly-spots-A review of pigment cell morphogenesis in vertebrates

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 90-104

  Kelsh, Robert N ^a   Harris, Melissa L ^b   Colanesi, Sarah ^a   Erickson, Carol A ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Iridophore; Melanocyte; Melanophore; Morphogenesis; Neural crest; Patterning; Vertebrate embryos; Xanthophore

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN RECEPTOR B2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN EDNRB2; STEM CELL FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CHICK; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; EPIDERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOPHORE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENTATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEM CELL; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

AVES; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 61849180987     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2008.10.001     Document Type: Review

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