FGF4, a direct target of LEF1 and Wnt signaling, can rescue the arrest of tooth organogenesis in Lef1-/- mice

Genes and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 3173-3185

  Kratochwil, Klaus ^b   Galceran, Juan ^a   Tontsch, Sabine ^b   Roth, Wera ^a   Grosschedl, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Epithelial mesenchymal interactions; FGF; LEF1; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 3; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 4; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; ODONTOGENESIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOOTH; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037115590     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1035602     Document Type: Article

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