FGF/MAPK/Ets signaling renders pigment cell precursors competent to respond to Wnt signal by directly controlling Ci-Tcf transcription

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1421-1432

  Squarzoni, Paola ^a,b   Parveen, Fateema ^a   Zanetti, Laura ^a   Ristoratore, Filomena ^a   Spagnuolo, Antonietta ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Canonical Wnt signaling; Ciona intestinalis; Ets; FGF signaling; FGF Wnt crosstalk; Pigment cells; Sensory organs; Tcf

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ETS 2; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSE ORGAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ASCIDIA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955133000     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.057323     Document Type: Article

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