PUBLICATION

On best behavior: cadherins drive slow muscle to their limits

Authors
Granato, M.
ID
ZDB-PUB-040209-1
Date
2003
Source
Developmental Cell   5: 819-820 (Review)
Registered Authors
Granato, Michael
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Cadherins/physiology*
  • Cell Movement/physiology*
  • Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch/cytology*
  • Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch/physiology
  • Muscle, Skeletal/cytology*
  • Muscle, Skeletal/embryology*
PubMed
14667401 Full text @ Dev. Cell
Abstract
In the developing zebrafish somite, slow muscle cells traverse the myotome in a highly coordinated, but poorly understood medial to lateral migration. Now it has been discovered that combinations of cadherin surface proteins play a critical role in this mesodermal cell migration.
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