Publication Date:
2013-05-29
Description:
The segmented body plan of vertebrates is prefigured by reiterated embryonic mesodermal structures called somites. In the mouse embryo, timely somite formation from the presomitic mesoderm (PSM) is controlled by the “segmentation clock,” a molecular oscillator that triggers progressive waves of Notch activity throughout the PSM. Notch clock activity is...
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General