Developmental biology: cell intercalation one step beyond.
Formation of the primitive streak, the equivalent of the blastopore, is a critical step during the early development of amniote embryos. Medio-lateral cell intercalation and the planar cell polarity pathway play a role during this earliest step of gastrulation in the chick embryo.
Bénazéraf
Bertrand
B
Stowers Institute for Medical Research, 1000 East 50th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64110, USA.
Pourquié
Olivier
O
D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000196:embryology; D002642:Chick Embryo; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology; D047108:Embryonic Development / Q000502:physiology*; D008322:Mammals / Q000196:embryology; D054240:Primitive Streak / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*