Functional analysis of Sox8 during neural crest development in Xenopus
O'Donnell M, Hong C, Huang X, Delnicki R, Saint-Jeannet J. Functional analysis of Sox8 during neural crest development in Xenopus. Development 2006, 133: 3817-3826. PMID: 16943273, DOI: 10.1242/dev.02558.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeural crest developmentNeural crest progenitorsNeural plate borderCrest developmentNeural crest cellsCrest cellsSOX8 expressionExpression domainsPlate borderCranial crest cellsTrunk neural crest cellsMorpholino-mediated knockdownNeural crest specificationNeural crest formationMid-gastrula stageSpecies-specific differencesSox proteinsProgenitor specificationSoxE proteinsCrest formationTranscription factorsChick orthologPharyngeal archesMultiple lineagesNeural plate