image: This embryonic mouse salivary gland is undergoing branching morphogenesis, showing epithelia immuno-stained for E-cadherin (magenta) and fibronectin (green) by confocal microscopy. This image relates to an article that appeared in the July 30, 2010, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. T. Onodera of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., and colleagues is titled, "Btbd7 Regulates Epithelial Cell Dynamics and Branching Morphogenesis." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of Jeff Chi-feng Hsu and Kenneth Yamada