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Figure 3. Basement membrane component distribution in newly-formed somites. Immunodetection of collagen IV (A), nidogen (B), perlecan (C), laminin α5 (D) and laminin α1 (E) shows the presence of polymers secreted in the somitocoele (white arrows). Note the presence of a BM surrounding the neural tube (nt) and the somite.
