Gut endoderm is involved in the transfer of left-right asymmetry from the node to the lateral plate mesoderm in the mouse embryo

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 139, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2426-2435

  Saund, Ranajeet S ^a   Kanai Azuma, Masami ^b   Kanai, Yoshiakira ^c   Kim, Injune ^d   Lucero, Mary T ^a,e   Saijoh, Yukio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoderm; Gap junction; Left right asymmetry; Nodal; Sox17

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; NODAL SIGNALING PROTEIN; PROTEOGLYCAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX17;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GAP JUNCTION; INTESTINE; LATERAL PLATE MESODERM; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CONNEXINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GAP JUNCTIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HMGB PROTEINS; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOXF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84861990952     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.079921     Document Type: Article

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