Porcn-dependent Wnt signaling is not required prior to mouse gastrulation

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 140, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2961-2971

  Biechele, Steffen ^a,b   Cockburn, Katie ^a,b   Lanner, Fredrik ^a,c   Cox, Brian J ^a,b   Rossant, Janet ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Gastrulation; MBOAT; Porcn; Wnt

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; WNT PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CELL COUNT; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; ENDODERM; FEMALE; GASTRULATION; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; PORCN GENE; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; STOP CODON; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

BLASTOCYST; GASTRULATION; MBOAT; PORCN; WNT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYST; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDODERM; GASTRULATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; WNT3 PROTEIN; ZYGOTE;

MUS;

EID: 84879676304     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.094458     Document Type: Article

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