Spots and stripes: Pleomorphic patterning of stem cells via p-ERK-dependent cell chemotaxis shown by feather morphogenesis and mathematical simulation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 334, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-382

  Lin, Chih Min ^a   Jiang, Ting Xin ^a   Baker, Ruth E ^b   Maini, Philip K ^b   Widelitz, Randall B ^a   Chuong, Cheng Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; ERK; Feather morphogenesis; Mathematical modeling; Pattern formation; Placode; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPLANT; FEATHER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MESENCHYME CELL; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STEM CELL;

EID: 70349269035     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.07.036     Document Type: Article

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