The floor plate is sufficient for development of the sclerotome and spine without the notochord

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 129-140

  Ando, Takashi ^a   Semba, Kei ^a   Suda, Hiroko ^a   Sei, Akira ^a   Mizuta, Hiroshi ^a   Araki, Masatake ^a   Abe, Kuniya ^b   Imai, Kenji ^c   Nakagata, Naomi ^a   Araki, Kimi ^a   Yamamura, Ken ichi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Danforth's short tail; Floor plate; Notochord; Sclerotome; Sickle tail (Skt) Gt; Somite

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; SICKLE TAIL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTOME; SPINE DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; VERTEBRA;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE AND BONES; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION; NOTOCHORD; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SOMITES; SPINE;

EID: 79751530131     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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