Wnt/β-catenin signalling is active in a highly dynamic pattern during development of the mouse cerebellum

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Selvadurai, Hayden J ^a   Mason, John O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; PROTEIN P21; WNT PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYCLINE; WNT1 PROTEIN; WNT1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL EXPANSION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EMBRYO; GERMINAL CENTER; GLIA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL SUMMATION; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TEMPORAL SUMMATION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BETA CATENIN; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; WNT1 PROTEIN;

EID: 79961198874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023012     Document Type: Article

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