Cadherin-dependent differential cell adhesion in xenopus causes cell sorting in vitro but not in the embryo

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1877-1883

  Ninomiya, Hiromasa ^a   David, Robert ^a   Damm, Erich W ^a   Fagotto, Francois ^b   Niessen, Carien M ^c   Winklbauer, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Boundary formation; Cadherin; Cell sorting; Gastrula; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CADHERIN DEPENDENT DIFFERENTIAL CELL ADHESION; GLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SELECTION; EMBRYO; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; GASTRULA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84863095473     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.095315     Document Type: Article

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