The zic1 gene is an activator of Wnt signaling

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 611-617

  Merzdorf, Christa S ^a,b   Sive, Hazel L ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Engrailed; Neural; Wingless; Wnt; Xenopus; Zic

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN WNT8B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS; ZIC1 GENE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REGULATOR; GLOBINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROINJECTIONS; OOCYTES; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33749247193     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.052110cm     Document Type: Article

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