Cell intercalation from top to bottom

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-48

  Walck Shannon, Elise ^a   Hardin, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR;

ANURA; ASCIDIACEA; CELL ADHESION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL FATE; CELL INTERCALATION; CELL MOTION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; DIPTERA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIDERMIS CELL; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM BASAL CELL; FORCE; GASTRULATION; MESODERM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NOTOCHORD; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL INTERCALATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84890963630     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3723     Document Type: Review

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