A morphogen gradient of Wnt/β-catenin signalling regulates anteroposterior neural patterning in Xenopus

Development

Volumn 128, Issue 21, 2001, Pages 4189-4201

  Kiecker, C ^a   Niehrs, C ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

catenin; Anteroposterior neuraxis; AP; Gastrulation; Head organizer; Long range signalling; Morphogen gradient; Neural patterning; Neuroectoderm; Nieuwkoop; Spemann; Transformer; Wnt protein; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MORPHOGEN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GASTRULA; GASTRULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; MODEL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 2; ECTODERM; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035164395     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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