Perturbation of notch/suppressor of hairless pathway disturbs migration of primordial germ cells in xenopus embryo

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-244

  Morichika, Keisuke ^a   Kataoka, Kensuke ^a,c   Terayama, Kohei ^a   Tazaki, Akira ^a,d   Kinoshita, Tsutomu ^b   Watanabe, Kenji ^a   Mochii, Makoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell migration; Notch; Primordial germ cell; Suppressor of Hairless; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; NOTCH RECEPTOR; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSOR GENE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 76749160768     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2009.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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