GLI3 repressor controls nephron number via regulation of Wnt11 and Ret in ureteric tip cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Cain, Jason E ^a   Islam, Epshita ^a   Haxho, Fiona ^a   Chen, Lin ^a   Bridgewater, Darren ^a   Nieuwenhuis, Erica ^a,b   Hui, Chi Chung ^a,b   Rosenblum, Norman D ^a,b,c  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PROTEIN PATCHED 1; PROTEIN RET; SMOOTHENED PROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; WNT11 PROTEIN; GLI3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; RET PROTEIN, MOUSE; WNT PROTEIN; WNT11 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KIDNEY HYPOPLASIA; KIDNEY MEDULLA; KIDNEY SIZE; KIDNEY STRUCTURE; MALE; MOUSE; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; URETER;

ERINACEIDAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINEAGE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; KIDNEY; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEPHRONS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-RET; URETER; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 70350217255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007313     Document Type: Article

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