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- Title
Relationship between neural crest cells and cranial mesoderm during head muscle development.
- Authors
Grenier, Julien; Teillet, Marie-Aimée; Grifone, Raphaëlle; Kelly, Robert G; Duprez, Delphine
- Abstract
In vertebrates, the skeletal elements of the jaw, together with the connective tissues and tendons, originate from neural crest cells, while the associated muscles derive mainly from cranial mesoderm. Previous studies have shown that neural crest cells migrate in close association with cranial mesoderm and then circumscribe but do not penetrate the core of muscle precursor cells of the branchial arches at early stages of development, thus defining a sharp boundary between neural crest cells and mesodermal muscle progenitor cells. Tendons constitute one of the neural crest derivatives likely to interact with muscle formation. However, head tendon formation has not been studied, nor have tendon and muscle interactions in the head.
- Publication
PloS one, 2009, Vol 4, Issue 2, pe4381
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0004381