Metameric pattern of intervertebral disc/vertebral body is generated independently of Mesp2/Ripply-mediated rostro-caudal patterning of somites in the mouse embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 380, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 172-184

  Takahashi, Yu ^a   Yasuhiko, Yukuto ^a   Takahashi, Jun ^b   Takada, Shinji ^b   Johnson, Randy L ^c   Saga, Yumiko ^d   Kanno, Jun ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disc; Mesp2; Resegmentation; Ripply; Uncx4.1; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN MESP2; PROTEIN RIPPLY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SCLEROTOME; SOMITE; SPINAL GANGLION; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 84879880692     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.05.020     Document Type: Article

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