Xldax, an Inhibitor of the Canonical Wnt Pathway, Is Required for Anterior Neural Structure Formation in Xenopus

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-90

  Michiue, Tatsuo ^a,b   Fukui, Akimasa ^a   Yukita, Akira ^a   Sakurai, Kenji ^a   Danno, Hiroki ^a   Kikuchi, Akira ^c   Asashima, Makoto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior neural structure; Canonical Wnt pathway; Dishevelled; Ldax; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN PROTEIN, XENOPUS; BETA-CATENIN PROTEIN, XENOPUS; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; IDAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; IDAX PROTEIN, XENOPUS; ONCOPROTEIN; RNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; FOREBRAIN; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS; XLDAX GENE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CYTOPLASM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY PATTERNING; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; PLASMIDS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 2142713150     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20037     Document Type: Article

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