... for correspondence (e-mail: kalcheim@nn-shum.cc.huji.ac.il ) 8 12 2004 ©2005. 2005 Avian embryo Cell dissociation Desmin Epithelial-mesenchymal conversion Myotome PAX3 PAX7 Satellite cells Somite The somites are segmented structures that develop stepwise to give rise...

... way. * Authors for correspondence (e-mail: yutak@nihs.go.jp and ysaga@lab.nig.ac.jp ) 29 11 2004 ©2005. 2005 Somitogenesis Epithelial-mesenchymal conversion Mesp2 Chimera analysis Mouse Somitogenesis is not only an attractive example of metameric pattern...

... Dermomyotome Desmin Epithelial-mesenchymal conversion Myotome Somite The paraxial mesoderm of vertebrate embryos segments into metameric units,the somites, which develop stepwise to give rise initially to the ventral mesenchymal sclerotome and the dorsal epithelial dermomyotome (DM). Sclerotomal...

... Epithelial-mesenchymal conversion Myoblast migration Pioneer myoblasts Somite In a previous study based on desmin immunostaining of sections, Kaehn et al. ( Kaehn et al., 1988 ) assumed that the rostromedial corner of the dermomyotome is the initiation site of myogenesis. From this site...

.... ‡ Author for correspondence (e-mail: kalcheim@yam-suff.cc.huji.ac.il ) * These authors contributed equally to this work 21 11 2000 11 01 2000 © 2001 by Company of Biologists 2001 Quail embryo Cell delamination Dermomyotome Epithelial-mesenchymal conversion FREK MyoD...

... © 2000 by Company of Biologists 2000 Avian embryo BMP Cadherin Cell delamination Dermomyotome Epithelial-mesenchymal conversion RhoB Slug TGFβ The neural crest (NC) arises in the lateral tips of the neural folds that become the dorsal midline upon formation of the neural tube...

... 10 1999 17 08 1999 © 1999 by Company of Biologists 1999 Avian embryo Cadherin Cell delamination Epithelial-mesenchymal conversion RhoB Slug Somite TGFβ. The neural crest is a discrete structure that exists transiently in the vertebrate embryo. Its component cells...