Requirement for β-catenin in anterior-posterior axis formation in mice

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 567-578

  Huelsken, Joerg ^a   Vogel, Regina ^a   Brinkmann, Volker ^a   Erdmann, Bettina ^a   Birchmeier, Carmen ^a   Birchmeier, Walter ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior visceral endoderm; Armadillo; Cell adhesion; Plakoglobin; Wnt wingless pathway

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHERIN; PLAKOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CHIMERA; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ECTODERM; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; MICE; PHENOTYPE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0034614937     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.148.3.567     Document Type: Article

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