An ancient role for nuclear β-catenin in the evolution of axial polarity and germ layer segregation

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6965, 2003, Pages 446-450

  Wlkramanayake, Athula H ^a   Hong, Melanie ^a,b   Lee, Patricia N ^b   Pang, Kevin ^b   Byrum, Christine A ^a   Bince, Joanna M ^a   Xu, Ronghui ^a   Martindale, Mark Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CELLS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

AXIAL POLARITY; BLASTOMERES; GERM LAYER SEGREGATION;

PROTEINS;

BETA CATENIN;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; COELENTERATE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GAMETE; GAP JUNCTION; GASTRULATION; GERM LAYER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

NASA DISCIPLINE EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NASA PROGRAM FUNDAMENTAL SPACE BIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BETA CATENIN; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; GASTRULA; GERM LAYERS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

EID: 0344120305     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02113     Document Type: Article

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