Chapter 7 Convergence and Extension Movements During Vertebrate Gastrulation

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 89, Issue , 2009, Pages 163-192

  Yin, Chunyue ^a   Ciruna, Brian ^b   Solnica Krezel, Lilianna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bmp; Directed migration; G protein; Intercalation; Mesoderm; Noncanonical Wnt signalling; Oriented cell division; Planar cell polarity; Stat3; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; GASTRULATION; MESODERM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; TIME; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL POLARITY; GASTRULATION; MESODERM; TIME FACTORS; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 69749095888     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(09)89007-8     Document Type: Review

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