The Wnt co-receptors Lrp5 and Lrp6 are essential for gastrulation in mice

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2803-2815

  Kelly, Olivia G ^a   Pinson, Kathy I ^a,b   Skarnes, William C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fgf; Gastrulation; Lrp5; Lrp6; Mouse; Nodal; Wnt

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 5; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 6; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN NODAL; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 5; LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 6; LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR-RELATED PROTEIN 6; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; ONCOPROTEIN; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; MESODERM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIMITIVE STREAK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LETHAL GENE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA PRIMERS; ENDODERM; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, LETHAL; LDL-RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEINS; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, LDL; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 2342441840     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01137     Document Type: Article

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