Beyond cell adhesion: Exploring the role of cadherin-11 extracellular processing by ADAM metalloproteases in cranial neural crest migration
The migration of the cranial neural crest is an essential part of cranio-facial development in every vertebrate embryo. The cranial neural crest (CNC) is a transient population of cells that forms the lateral border of the anterior neural plate. In the tailbud stage Xenopus embryo, the neural crest...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2009
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3397731 |