Wnt signaling determines ventral spinal cord cell fates in a time-dependent manner

Development

Volumn 135, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 3687-3696

  Yu, Weiying ^a   McDonnell, Kristen ^a   Taketo, Makoto M ^b   Bai, C Brian ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activation; Canonical Wnt signaling; Cell fate; Gli2; Gli3; Mutation; Shh; Ventral patterning

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; WNT PROTEIN; GLI3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; STEM CELL EXPANSION; TIME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ERINACEIDAE;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 56549125078     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.021899     Document Type: Article

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