Six1 regulates Grem1 expression in the metanephric mesenchyme to initiate branching morphogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 352, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-151

  Nie, Xuguang ^a   Xu, Jinshu ^a   El Hashash, Ahmed ^a,b   Xu, Pin Xian ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ampulla; BMP4; Gremlin1; SIX1; Ureteric bud

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BMP4 GENE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GREM1 GENE; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIX1 GENE; TBX18 GENE; URETER;

MUS;

EID: 79952183548     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.01.027     Document Type: Article

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