Wnt/β-catenin signaling is involved in the induction and maintenance of primitive hematopoiesis in the vertebrate embryo

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 16160-16165

  Tran, Hong Thi ^a,b   Sekkali, Belaïd ^a,b,c   Van Imschoot, Griet ^a,b   Janssens, Sylvie ^a,b   Vleminckx, Kris ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein; Destabilized GFP; Ventral blood islands; Wnt reporter; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; WNT PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; BETA-CATENIN PROTEIN, XENOPUS; BMP4 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; WNT-4 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; WNT4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EXPLANT; GASTRULATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIESIS; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS; YOLK SAC; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEMATOPOIESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS; WNT4 PROTEIN;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77958009977     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1007725107     Document Type: Article

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