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Vertebrate Embryonic Patterning 5. Neural Crest. Neural Crest Cells. Neural Crest Derivatives. Two major divisions Cranial Trunk PNS Endocrine Melanocytes Facial Cartilage Connective Tissue. Trunk Neural Crest. Neural Crest Cells Stain Positive for ECM Protein HNK-1. RhoB. HNK-1.
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Vertebrate Embryonic Patterning 5 Neural Crest
Neural Crest Derivatives Two major divisions Cranial Trunk PNS Endocrine Melanocytes Facial Cartilage Connective Tissue
Neural Crest Cells Stain Positive for ECM Protein HNK-1 RhoB HNK-1
Migratory Pathways of Neural Crest ephrins expressed in posterior compartment of somite
Ephrin – Eph RTK Pathway Regulates NC Migration Through/Over Somites Eph RTKs and ephrins appear to regulate boundary formation and cell-cell interactions in many regions of the embryo