A Wnt3a variant participates in chick apical ectodermal ridge formation: Distinct biological activities of Wnt3a splice variants in chick limb development

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 493-501

  Narita, Tomohiro ^a   Nishimatsu, Shin Ichiro ^a   Wada, Naoyuki ^a   Nohno, Tsutomu ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Apical ectodermal ridge formation; Chick; Wnt3; Wnt3a

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; ECTODERM; EXTREMITIES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; WNT PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547463636     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2007.00938.x     Document Type: Article

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