Impact of WNT signaling on tissue lineage differentiation in the early mouse embryo

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 843-856

  Tanaka, Satomi S ^a   Kojima, Yoji ^b   Yamaguchi, Yasuka L ^a   Nishinakamura, Ryuichi ^a   Tam, Patrick P L ^b,c  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHILDREN'S MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

catenin dependent pathway; Lineage differentiation; Pluripotency; Stem cells; WNT signaling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; WNT PROTEIN;

BLASTOCYST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL RENEWAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GERM LAYER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM LAYERS; GLYPICANS; HEART; HEPARAN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; PHENOTYPE; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 80053128148     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2011.01292.x     Document Type: Review

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