microRNAs associated with early neural crest development in Xenopus laevis

Abstract Background The neural crest (NC) is a class of transitory stem cell-like cells unique to vertebrate embryos. NC cells arise within the dorsal neural tube where they undergo an epithelial to mesenchymal transition in order to migrate and differentiate throughout the developing embryo. The de...

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Main Authors: Nicole J. Ward, Darrell Green, Janet Higgins, Tamas Dalmay, Andrea Münsterberg, Simon Moxon, Grant N. Wheeler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:BMC Genomics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-018-4436-0