The generation of vertebral segmental patterning in the chick embryo

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 220, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 591-602

  Senthinathan, Biruntha ^a   Sousa, Cátia ^a   Tannahill, David ^a,b   Keynes, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; Intervertebral disc; Notochord; Nucleus pulposus; Pax1; Sclerotome; Segmentation; Somite; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MESODERM; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PAX1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROTOME; SOMITE; SPINAL NERVE; TELEOST; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CHICK EMBRYO; NEURAL TUBE; NOTOCHORD; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SPINAL NERVES; SPINE;

AMNIOTA; AVES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84860467098     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01497.x     Document Type: Article

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