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Mechanisms of convergence and extension by cell intercalation

Mechanisms of convergence and extension by cell intercalation

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Mechanisms of convergence and extension by cell intercalation

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Mechanisms of convergence and extension by cell intercalation

Publisher

England: The Royal Society

Journal title

Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences, 2000-07, Vol.355 (1399), p.897-922

Language

English

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England: The Royal Society

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Contents

The cells of many embryonic tissues actively narrow in one dimension (convergence) and lengthen in the perpendicular dimension (extension). Convergence and extension are ubiquitous and important tissue movements in metazoan morphogenesis. In vertebrates, the dorsal axial and paraxial mesodermal tissues, the notochordal and somitic mesoderm, converg...

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Mechanisms of convergence and extension by cell intercalation

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TN_cdi_jstor_primary_3066818

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_jstor_primary_3066818

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ISSN

0962-8436

E-ISSN

1471-2970

DOI

10.1098/rstb.2000.0626

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