The epithelial cell adhesion molecule EpCAM is required for epithelial morphogenesis and integrity during zebrafish epiboly and skin development

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Slanchev, Krasimir ^a   Carney, Thomas J ^a   Stemmler, Marc P ^a   Koschorz, Birgit ^a   Amsterdam, Adam ^b   Schwarz, Heinz ^c   Hammerschmidt, Matthias ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^b KOCH INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UVOMORULIN; CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TACSTD PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; TUMOR ANTIGEN; TUMOR ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN GA733; TUMOR-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN GA733; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; SKIN; SKIN CELL; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPITHELIUM; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; SKIN; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 68249099141     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000563     Document Type: Article

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