The midline (notochord and notoplate) patterns the cell motility underlying convergence and extension of the Xenopus neural plate.

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Published in Dev Biol on April 01, 2003

Authors

Akouavi M Ezin1, Paul Skoglund, Ray Keller

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA. mae4z@hotmail.com

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