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Visualizing the Node and Notochordal Plate In Gastrulating Mouse Embryos Using Scanning Electron Microscopy and Whole Mount Immunofluorescence
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Two rotating cilia in the node cavity are sufficient to break left-right symmetry in the mouse embryo

Kyosuke Shinohara1, Aiko Kawasumi, Atsuko Takamatsu

  • 1Developmental Genetics Group, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, 1-3 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. shinohara@fbs.osaka-u.ac.jp

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