A gradient of Shh establishes mutually repressing somitic cell fates induced by Nkx3.2 and Pax3

Developmental Biology

Volumn 323, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 152-165

  Cairns, Dana M ^a   Sato, Mie Elissa ^c   Lee, Philip G ^b   Lassar, Andrew B ^c   Zeng, Li ^a,b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nkx3.2; Pax3; Shh; Somite

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NKX3.2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITE;

ERINACEIDAE;

EID: 54849416536     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.08.024     Document Type: Article

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