Essential role of Dkk3 for head formation by inhibiting Wnt/β-Catenin and Nodal/Vg1 signaling pathways in the basal chordate amphioxus

Evolution and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 338-350

  Onai, Takayuki ^a,b   Akira Takai, ^a,b   Setiamarga, Davin H E ^a,c   Holland, Linda Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MORPHOLINO OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN NODAL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEIN;

BRAIN; EMBRYO; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; SECRETION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HEAD; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HEAD; MORPHOLINOS; NODAL PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863586359     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2012.00552.x     Document Type: Article

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