Wnt-3a is required for somite specification along the anteroposterior axis of the mouse embryo and for regulation of cdx-1 expression

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 103, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 27-33

  Ikeya, Makoto ^a   Takada, Shinji ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Exploratory Res Adv Technol (E   (Japan)

Author keywords

A P patterning; cdx; Somite; Vertebra; Wnt

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMITE; VERTEBRA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; AVIAN PROTEINS; BONE AND BONES; CELL LINEAGE; DOWN-REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NEURAL CREST; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035008339     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(01)00338-0     Document Type: Article

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