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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: David Beebe
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-49229 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Developmental biology 20110421 1
Although placodes are ubiquitous precursors of tissue invagination, the mechanism of placode formation has not been established and the requirement of placode formation for subsequent invagination has not been tested. Earlier measurements in chicken embryos supported the view that lens placode formation occurs because the extracellular matrix (ECM) between the optic vesicle and the surface ectoderm prevents the prospective lens cells from spreading. Continued cell proliferation within this restr ...[more]