The Wnt/β-catenin pathway posteriorizes neural tissue in Xenopus by an indirect mechanism requiring FGF signalling

Developmental Biology

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 148-160

  Domingos, Pedro M ^a,b   Itasaki, Nobue ^a   Jones, C Michael ^a,c   Mercurio, Sara ^a   Sargent, Michael G ^a   Smith, James C ^a,d   Krumlauf, Robb ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

A P patterning; FGF signalling; Wnt signalling; Xenopus; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RNA; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE; XENOPUS;

XENOPUS;

EID: 0035504191     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2001.0431     Document Type: Article

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