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notochord formation

The formation of the notochord from the chordamesoderm. The notochord is composed of large cells packed within a firm connective tissue sheath and is… 
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nervous system developmentnotochord morphogenesis

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Review
2012
Review
2012
How was the notochord born?
More than 550 million years ago, chordates originated from a common ancestor shared with nonchordate deuterostomes by developing… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Live imaging and genetic analysis of mouse notochord formation reveals regional morphogenetic mechanisms.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Zebrafish mutants identify an essential role for laminins in notochord formation.
Basement membranes are thought to be essential for organ formation, providing the scaffold on which individual cells organize to… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Dapper, a Dishevelled-associated antagonist of beta-catenin and JNK signaling, is required for notochord formation.
Review
1999
Review
1999
Brachyury downstream notochord differentiation in the ascidian embryo.
The ascidian tadpole represents the most simplified chordate body plan. It contains a notochord composed of just 40 cells, but as… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Conservation of the developmental role of Brachyury in notochord formation in a urochordate, the ascidian Balocynthia roretzi.
The notochord is one of the characteristic features of the phylum Chordata. The vertebrate Brachyury gene is known to be… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Mutations affecting the formation of the notochord in the zebrafish, Danio rerio.
In a large scale screen for mutants with defects in the embryonic development of the zebrafish we identified mutations in four… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
A Xenopus nodal-related gene that acts in synergy with noggin to induce complete secondary axis and notochord formation.
Using a paracrine assay to screen for signaling proteins that could respecify ectodermal tissue, we isolated a Xenopus gene… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
HNF-3 beta is essential for node and notochord formation in mouse development.
HNF-3 beta, a member of the HNF-3/fork head family of transcription factors, is expressed in the node, notochord, floor plate… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Induction of notochord during ascidian embryogenesis.
The tadpole larva of solitary ascidians has 40 notochord cells in its tail. Of these cells, 32 in the anterior and middle part of… 
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