LiCl disrupts axial development in mouse but does not act through the β-catenin/Lef-1 pathway

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 387-392

  Rogers, Ian ^a,b   Varmuza, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Catenin; Lef 1; Lithium; Mouse

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO AXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BLASTOCYST; BODY PATTERNING; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TERATOGENS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0034054764     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(200004)55:4<387::AID-MRD5>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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