title: Mechanism of Xenopus cranial neural crest cell migration.
abstract: This review focuses on recent advances in the field of cranial neural crest cell migration in Xenopus laevis with specific emphasis on cell adhesion and the regulation of cell migration. Our goal is to combine the understanding of cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix with the regulation of cell-cell adhesion and the involvement of the planar cell polarity signaling-pathway in guiding the migration of cranial neural crest cells during embryogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA. alfandar@vasci.umass.edu
authors.forename: Dominque
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alfandari
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cousin
authors.forename: Mungo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marsden
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002465:Cell Movement; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000196:embryology; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006257:Head / Q000196:embryology / Q000294:innervation; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009432:Neural Crest / Q000166:cytology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051153:Wnt Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014982:Xenopus laevis / Q000196:embryology*
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D051153:Wnt Proteins