β-catenin plays a central role in setting up the head organizer in hydra

Developmental Biology

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-124

  Gee, Lydia ^a   Hartig, Julia ^a   Law, Lee ^a   Wittlieb, Jörg ^b   Khalturin, Konstantin ^b   Bosch, Thomas C G ^b   Bode, Hans R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal metazoan; Head organizer; Hydra; Transgenic; Wnt; catenin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALSTERPAULLONE; BETA CATENIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; HYDRA; METAZOA;

EID: 77649187533     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.12.036     Document Type: Article

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