Dynamics of the slowing segmentation clock reveal alternating two-segment periodicity

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1785-1793

  Shih, Nathan P ^a,e   François, Paul ^b   Delaune, Emilie A ^c   Amacher, Sharon L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Her1; In vivo imaging; Oscillations; Segmentation clock; Somite; Two segment periodicity; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MESODERMAL CELL; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY; PRESOMITIC MESODERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMITE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NONMAMMALIAN EMBRYO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMITES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84929222981     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.119057     Document Type: Article

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