Real-time observation of Wnt β-catenin signaling in the chick embryo

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 239, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 346-353

  Rios, Anne C ^a,b   Denans, Nicolas ^a,c   Marcelle, Christophe ^a,b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Chick embryo; GFP; Somite; Wnt reporter

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONSTRUCT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SOMITE;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BINDING SITES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTROPORATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMITES; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; WNT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 73949116717     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22174     Document Type: Article

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