Impaired neural development caused by inducible expression of Axin in transgenic mice

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 146-156

  Yu, Hsiao Man Ivy ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Costantini, Frank ^b   Hsu, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Catenin; Axin; Brain; Cyclin D1; Developmental abnormalities; Neural epithelium; P15; Progenitor cell biology; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

AXIN; BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33846472050     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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