Wnt won the war: Antagonistic role of Wnt over Shh controls dorso-ventral patterning of the vertebrate neural tube

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-76

  Ulloa, Fausto ^a   Martí, Elisa ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICINE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

catenin; Gli; Neural tube; Patterning; Sonic hedgehog; Spinal cord; Wnt

Indexed keywords

SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GLI3; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL TUBE; VERTEBRATES; WNT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; ERINACEIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 73949088537     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22058     Document Type: Review

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