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Notochord morphogenesis: a prickly subject for ascidians.
Current biology : CB - 11 Jan 2005
Tada Masazumi
Abstract excerpt
Orchestrated cell movements marshalled by proper cell polarity in the developing body axes are fundamental to the elongation of the notochord during chordate embryogenesis. A recent study shows that, in ascidians, the planar cell polarity gene prickle regulates sequential establishment of cell polarity during two phases of notochord morphogenesis.
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