EphB-ephrin-B2 interactions are required for thymus migration during organogenesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 30, 2010, Pages 13414-13419

  Foster, Katie E ^a   Gordon, Julie ^b   Cardenas, Kim ^c   Veiga Fernandes, Henrique ^a,d   Makinen, Taija ^e   Grigorieva, Elena ^a   Wilkinson, David G ^a   Clare Blackburng, C ^f   Richie, Ellen ^c   Manley, Nancy R ^b   Adams, Ralf H ^g   Kioussis, Dimitris ^a   Coles, Mark C ^a,h  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Genetics University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^e IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective cell migration; Eph receptor; Ephrin B2; Neural crest; Thymus organogenesis

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN B1; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B2; EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NEURAL CREST CELL; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THORACIC CAVITY; THYMUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL MOTION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MESODERM; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EPHRIN-B2; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 77955818628     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003747107     Document Type: Article

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