Homotypic cell competition regulates proliferation and tiling of zebrafish pigment cells during colour pattern formation

Autor: Brigitte Walderich, Ajeet Pratap Singh, Prateek Mahalwar, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11462
Popis: Melanophores, iridophores and xanthophores are pigment-cell types that interact to form the stripes in zebrafish. Here, the authors study the interaction between cells of the same kind and show that each pigment-cell type covers the skin by contact based competition.
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