"Somites" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Paired, segmented masses of MESENCHYME located on either side of the developing spinal cord (neural tube). Somites derive from PARAXIAL MESODERM and continue to increase in number during ORGANOGENESIS. Somites give rise to SKELETON (sclerotome); MUSCLES (myotome); and DERMIS (dermatome).
| Descriptor ID |
D019170
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A16.504.660.750
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Somites" by people in Profiles.
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Kim JD, Chun HS, Kim SH, Kim HS, Kim YS, Kim MJ, Shin J, Rhee M, Yeo SY, Huh TL. Normal forebrain development may require continual Wnt antagonism until mid-somitogenesis in zebrafish. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Apr 17; 381(4):717-21.
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Smith BT, Mussell JC, Fleming PA, Barth JL, Spyropoulos DD, Cooley MA, Drake CJ, Argraves WS. Targeted disruption of cubilin reveals essential developmental roles in the structure and function of endoderm and in somite formation. BMC Dev Biol. 2006 Jun 20; 6:30.
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LaRue AC, Argraves WS, Zile MH, Drake CJ. Critical role for retinol in the generation/differentiation of angioblasts required for embryonic blood vessel formation. Dev Dyn. 2004 Aug; 230(4):666-74.
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LaRue AC, Mironov VA, Argraves WS, Czirók A, Fleming PA, Drake CJ. Patterning of embryonic blood vessels. Dev Dyn. 2003 Sep; 228(1):21-9.
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Maden M, Graham A, Zile M, Gale E. Abnormalities of somite development in the absence of retinoic acid. Int J Dev Biol. 2000; 44(1):151-9.