Disruption of gastrulation movements in Xenopus by a dominant-negative mutant for C-cadherin.

doi:10.1006/dbio.1995.1288

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Disruption of gastrulation movements in Xenopus by a dominant-negative mutant for C-cadherin.

Developmental biology - 1 Oct 1995

Lee C H, Gumbiner B M

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Gastrulation in Xenopus laevis transforms a ball of undifferentiated cells into a well-organized elongated embryo with a distinct body axis, as a result of extensive cell rearrangements and movements. Since cell adhesion is thought to play an important role during tissue morphogenesis, we investi...

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Animals
Cadherins
Cell Adhesion
Gastrula
Mutation
RNA, Messenger
Xenopus

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