Def6 is required for convergent extension movements during zebrafish gastrulation downstream of Wnt5b signaling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Goudevenou, Katerina ^a   Martin, Paul ^a   Yeh, Yu Jung ^a   Jones, Peter ^a   Sablitzky, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEF6 PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT11 PROTEIN; WNT5B PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; WNT PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN, ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL MOTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

DANIO RERIO;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GASTRULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 80054833987     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026548     Document Type: Article

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