On growth and form: A Cartesian coordinate system of Wnt and BMP signaling specifies bilaterian body axes

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 845-857

  Niehrs, Christof ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; BMP; Echinoderms; Embryonic axis; Evolution; Morphogen; Planaria; Size scaling; Spemann organizer; Urbilateria; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; CHORDIN; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; SMAD PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ANNELID WORM; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY BUILD; BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; CHICKEN; COELENTERATE; DORSOVENTRAL AXIS; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SALAMANDER; SEA URCHIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUID; TURBELLARIA; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BILATERIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA; PLANARIA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; CNIDARIA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYLOGENY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 77950358779     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.039651     Document Type: Review

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