Direct control of Hoxd1 and Irx3 expression by Wnt/β-catenin signaling during anteroposterior patterning of the neural axis in Xenopus

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1435-1442

  Janssens, Sylvie ^a,b   Denayer, Tinneke ^a,b   Deroo, Tom ^a,b   van Roy, Frans ^a,b   Vleminckx, Kris ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anteroposterior axis; Hox genes; Patterning; Wnt signaling; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; RETINOIC ACID; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR RETINOIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN 2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HOXD1 GENE; IRX3 GENE; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURULATION; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79751494096     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.092985sj     Document Type: Article

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