Foxa2 regulates polarity and epithelialization in the endoderm germ layer of the mouse embryo

Development

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1029-1038

  Burtscher, Ingo ^a   Lickert, Heiko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachyury; Cell adhesion; Cell polarity; Epithelial mesenchymal transition; Epithelialization; Foxa2; Gastrulation; Germ layer formation; Mesenchymal epithelial transition; Morphogenesis; Time lapse imaging

Indexed keywords

HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FOXA2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; EPITHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIZATION; GASTRULATION; GERM LAYER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; MESENCHYME CELL; MESODERM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL LINE; CELL SHAPE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDODERM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM LAYERS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; MESODERM; MICE; MUTATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65649118799     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.028415     Document Type: Article

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