The Wnt3a/β-catenin target gene Mesogenin1 controls the segmentation clock by activating a Notch signalling program

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Chalamalasetty, Ravindra B ^a   Dunty Jr , William C ^a   Biris, Kristin K ^a   Ajima, Rieko ^a   Iacovino, Michelina ^b   Beisaw, Arica ^a   Feigenbaum, Lionel ^a   Chapman, Deborah L ^c   Yoon, Jeong Kyo ^d   Kyba, Michael ^b   Yamaguchi, Terry P ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROTEIN LFNG; PROTEIN MESOGENIN1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT3A PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MSGN1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA CATENIN; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 79960333585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1381     Document Type: Article

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