An anterior limit of FGF/Erk signal activity marks the earliest future somite boundary in zebrafish

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1104-1109

  Akiyama, Ryutaro ^a,b   Masuda, Miwa ^a,c   Tsuge, Shoichiro ^a   Bessho, Yasumasa ^a   Matsui, Takaaki ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clock; FGF signalling; Segmentation; Somitogenesis

Indexed keywords

CLOCK; FGF SIGNALLING; SEGMENTATION; SOMITOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84894060552     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.098905     Document Type: Article

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