Amthor, H., Connolly, D., Patel, K., et al (1996). The expression and regulation of follistatin and a follistatin-like gene during avian somite compartmentalization and myogenesis. Dev. Biol 178, 343-362.[Medline]
Borycki, A. G., Strunk, K. E., Savary, R. and Emerson, C. P., Jr (1997). Distinct signal/response mechanisms regulate pax1 and QmyoD activation in sclerotomal and myotomal lineages of quail somites. Dev. Biol 185, 185-200.[Medline]
Brill, G., Kahane, N., Carmeli, C., Von Schack, D., Barde, Y.-A. and Kalcheim, C (1995). Epithelial-mesenchymal conversion of dermatome progenitors requires neural tube-derived signals: characterization of the role of Neurotrophin-3. Development 121, 2583-2594.[Abstract]
Bronner-Fraser, M (1986). Analysis of the early stages of trunk neural crest migration in avian embryos using monoclonal antibody HNK-1. Dev. Biol 115, 44-55.[Medline]
Bumcrot, D. A. and McMahon, A. P (1995). Somite differentiation: Sonic signals somites. Curr. Biol 5, 612-614.[Medline]
Capdevila, J., Tabin, C. and Johnson, R. L (1998). Control of dorsoventral somite patterning by Wnt-1 and-Catenin. Dev. Biol 193, 182-194.[Medline]
Christ, B., Jacob, H. J. and Jacob, M (1978). Regional determination of early embryonic muscle primordium. Experimental studies on quail and chick embryos. Verh. Anat. Ges 72, 353-357.
Cossu, G., Tajbakhsh, S. and Buckingham, M (1996). How is myogenesis initiated in the embryo?. Trends Genet 12, 218-223.[Medline]
de la Brousse, F. C. and Emerson, C. P. J (1990). Localized expression of a myogenic regulatory gene, qmf1, in the somite dermatome of avian embryos. Genes Dev 4, 567-581.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
Denetclaw, W. F.,Jr., Christ, B. and Ordahl, C. P (1997). Location and growth of epaxial myotome precursor cells. Development 124, 1601-1610.[Abstract]
Devoto, S. H., Melan\215on, E., Eisen, J. S. and Westerfield, M (1996). Identification of separate slow and fast muscle precursor cells in vivo, prior to somite formation. Development 122, 3371-3380.[Abstract]
Dietrich, S., Schubert, F. R. and Lumsden, A (1997). Control of dorsoventral pattern in the chick paraxial mesoderm. Development 124, 3895-3908.[Abstract]
Goldstein, R. S. and Kalcheim, C (1992). Determination of epithelial half-somites in skeletal morphogenesis. Development 116, 441-445.[Medline]
Goulding, M., Lumsden, A. and Paquette, A. J (1994). Regulation of Pax-3 expression in the dermomyotome and its role in muscle development. Development 120, 957-971.[Abstract]
Hirsinger, E., Duprez, D., Jouve, C., Malapert, P., Cooke, J. and Pourquie, O (1997). Noggin acts downstream of Wnt and Sonic Hedgehog to antagonize BMP4 in avian somite patterning. Development 124, 4605-4614.[Abstract]
Kaehn, K., Jacob, H. J., Christ, B., Hinrichsen, K. and Poelmann, R. E (1988). The onset of myotome formation in the chick. Anat. Embryol 177, 191-201.[Medline]
Kahane, N., Cinnamon, Y. and Kalcheim, C (1998). The origin and fate of pioneer myotomal cells in the avian embryo. Mech. Dev 74, 59-73.[Medline]
Kalcheim, C. and Neufeld, G (1990). Expression of basic fibroblast growth factor in the nervous system of early avian embryos. Development 109, 203-215.[Abstract]
Kalcheim, C. and Teillet, M. A (1989). Consequences of somite manipulation on the pattern of dorsal root ganglion development. Development 106, 85-93.[Abstract]
Lallier, T. E. and Bronner-Fraser, M (1988). A spatial and temporal analysis of dorsal root and sympathetic ganglion formation in the avian embryo. Dev. Biol 127, 99-112.[Medline]
Langman, J. and Nelson, G. R (1968). A radioautographic study of the development of the somite in the chick embryo. J. Embryol. Exp. Morph 19, 217-226.[Medline]
Lassar, A. B and Munsterberg, A. E (1996). The role of positive and negative signals in somite patterning. Curr. Opinion Neurobiol 6, 57-63.[Medline]
Marcelle, C., Eichmann, A., Halevy, O., Breant, C. and Le Douarin, N. M (1994). Distinct developmental expression of a new avian fibroblast growth factor receptor. Development 120, 683-694.[Abstract]
Marcelle, C., Stark, M. R. and Bronner-Fraser, M (1997). Coordinate actions of BMPs, Wnts, Shh and noggin mediate patterning of the dorsal somite. Development 124, 3955-3963.[Abstract]
Marcelle, C., Wolf, J. and Bronner-Fraser, M (1995). The in vivo expression of the FGF receptor FREK mRNA in avian myoblasts suggests a role in muscle growth and differentiation. Dev. Biol 172, 100-114.[Medline]
Mestres, P. and Hinrichsen, K (1976). Zur Histogenese des Somiten beim Huhnchen. J. Embryol. Exp. Morph 36, 669-683.[Medline]
Munsterberg, A. E., Kitajewski, J., Bumcrot, D. A., McMahon, A. P. and Lassar, A. B (1995). Combinatorial signaling by Sonic hedgehog and Wnt family members induces myogenic bHLH gene expression in the somite. Genes Dev 9, 2911-2922.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
Munsterberg, A. E. and Lassar, A. B (1995). Combinatorial signals from the neural tube, floor plate and notochord induce myogenic bHLH gene expression in the somite. Development 121, 651-660.[Abstract]
Ott, M. O., Bober, E., Lyons, G., Arnold, H. and Buckingham, M (1991). Early expression of the myogenic regulatory gene, myf-5 , in precursor cells of skeletal muscle in the mouse embryo. Development 111, 1097-1107.[Abstract/Free Full Text]
Patapoutian, A., Yoon, J. K., Miner, J. H., Wang, S. L., Stark, K. and Wold, B (1995). Disruption of the mouse MRF4 gene identifies multiple waves of myogenesis in the myotome. Development 121, 3347-3358.[Abstract]
Piette, J., Huchet, M., Duclert, A., Fujisawa Sehara, A. and Changeux, J. P (1992). Localization of mRNAs coding for CMD1, myogenin and the alpha-subunit of the acetylcholine receptor during skeletal muscle development in the chicken. Mech. Dev 37, 95-106.[Medline]
Pownall, M. E. and Emerson, C. P., Jr (1992). Sequential activation of three myogenic regulatory genes during somite morphogenesis in quail embryos. Dev. Biol 151, 67-79.[Medline]
Pownall, M. E., Strunk, K. E. and Emerson, C. P., Jr (1996). Notochord signals control the transcriptional cascade of myogenic bHLH genes in somites of quail embryos. Development 122, 1475-1488.[Abstract]
Rickmann, M., Fawcett, J. W. and Keynes, R. J (1985). The migration of neural crest cells and the growth of motor axons through the rostral half of the chick somite. J. Embryol. Exp. Morphol 90, 437-455.[Medline]
Rong, P. M., Ziller, C., Pena-Melian, A. and Le Douarin, N. M (1987). A monoclonal antibody specific for avian early myogenic cells and differentiated muscle. Dev. Biol 122, 338-353.[Medline]
Rushton, E., Drysdale, R., Abmayr, S. M., Michelson, A. M. and Bate, M (1995). Mutations in a novel gene, myoblast city, provide evidence in support of the founder cell hypothesis for Drosophila muscle development. Development 121, 1979-1988.[Abstract]
Sechrist, J. and Marcelle, C (1996). Cell division and differentiation in avian embryos: techniques for study of early neurogenesis and myogenesis. Methods Cell Biol 51, 301-329.[Medline]
Stern, C. D. and Keynes, R. J (1987). Interactions between somite cells: The formation and maintenance of segment boundaries in the chick embryo. Development 99, 261-272.[Abstract]
Stern, H. M., Brown, A. M. and Hauschka, S. D (1995). Myogenesis in paraxial mesoderm: preferential induction by dorsal neural tube and by cells expressing Wnt-1. Development 121, 3675-3686.[Abstract]
Tajbakhsh, S. and Sporle, R (1998). Somite development: Constructing the vertebrate body. Cell 92, 9-16.[Medline]
Yamaguchi, T. P (1997). New insights into segmentation and patterning during vertebrate somitogenesis. Curr. Opinion Gen. Dev 7, 513-518.[Medline]
