Neural crests are actively precluded from the anterior neural fold by a novel inhibitory mechanism dependent on Dickkopf1 secreted by the prechordal mesoderm

Developmental Biology

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-221

  Carmona Fontaine, Carlos ^a   Acuña, Gustavo ^b   Ellwanger, Kristina ^c   Niehrs, Christof ^c   Mayor, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anterior posterior axis; Dkk1; Mouse; Neural crest; Neural induction; Snail1; Snail2; Wnt; Xenopus; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DKK1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; MESODERM; MICROMANIPULATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL CREST; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548409604     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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