Article
Extracellular matrix of the developing heart in normal and cardiac lethal mutant axolotls, Ambystoma mexicanum.
The Anatomical record - 1 Jul 1991
Fransen M E, Lemanski L F
Abstract excerpt
As part of an ongoing study of heart development in normal and cardiac lethal mutant axolotls (Mexican salamanders) we examined the extracellular matrix (ECM) by microscopical methods. With scanning electron microscopy we are unable to detect ECM on the apical surface of cells of the early cardiogenic mesoderm. During the period of lateral plate migration, which coincides with the period of cardiogenic induction...
Topics
- Ambystoma mexicanum
- Animals
- Endoderm
- Extracellular Matrix
- Fibronectins
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Heart
- Histocytochemistry
- Laminin
- Mesoderm
- Microscopy, Electron