Variable Combinations of Specific Ephrin Ligand/Eph Receptor Pairs Control Embryonic Tissue Separation

PLoS Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Rohani, Nazanin ^a   Parmeggiani, Andrea ^b,c   Winklbauer, Rudolf ^d   Fagotto, François ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B2; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B3; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B4; MYOSIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; EPHRIN B1; EPHRIN B2; EPHRIN B3; EPHRIN RECEPTOR A4; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL DETACHMENT; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC TISSUE SEPARATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIGAND BINDING; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPHRIN-B1; EPHRIN-B2; EPHRIN-B3; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MESODERM; MICE; MORPHOGENESIS; NOTOCHORD; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; RECEPTOR, EPHB2; RECEPTOR, EPHB4; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84919890220     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001955     Document Type: Article

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