HESX1- and TCF3-mediated repression of Wnt/β-catenin targets is required for normal development of the anterior forebrain

Development

Volumn 138, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 4931-4942

  Andoniadou, Cynthia L ^a   Signore, Massimo ^a   Young, Rodrigo M ^b   Gaston Massuet, Carles ^a   Wilson, Stephen W ^b   Fuchs, Elaine ^c   Martinez Barbera, Juan Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forebrain; Hesx1; Mouse; Tcf3 (Tcf7l1); Wnt catenin; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HESX1; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE MALFORMATION; FOREBRAIN; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH INHIBITION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NEUROECTODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA CATENIN; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PROSENCEPHALON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

DANIO RERIO; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80054960278     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.066597     Document Type: Article

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