Differentiation of cardiac conducting cells from the neural crest.
Some of the cells that migrate to the dorsal myocardium of the chick embryo in stage 21 H-H begin to synthesize desmin. They retain this property even when they reach the subendothelial layers of the heart bud, i.e. the characteristic site of the cardiac conducting cells.
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Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology, University of Torino, Italy.
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Sisto Daneo
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D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens; D003893:Desmin / Q000032:analysis; D006321:Heart / Q000196:embryology* / Q000502:physiology; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000196:embryology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*
D003893:Desmin