The protocadherin PAPC establishes segmental boundaries during somitogenesis in Xenopus embryos
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The protocadherin PAPC establishes segmental boundaries during somitogenesis in Xenopus embryos
BACKGROUND One prominent example of segmentation in vertebrate embryos is the subdivision of the paraxial mesoderm into repeating, metameric structures called somites. During this process, cells in the presomitic mesoderm (PSM) are first patterned into segments leading secondarily to differences required for somite morphogenesis such as the formation of segmental boundaries. Recent studies have...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00580-7