Ectopic activation of the canonical wnt signaling pathway affects ectodermal patterning along the primary axis during larval development in the anthozoan Nematostella vectensis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 380, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 324-334

  Marlow, Heather ^a   Matus, David Q ^a   Martindale, Mark Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial evolution; Cnidarian; Wnt

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDODERM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GASTRULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MESODERM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALIA; CNIDARIA; NEMATOSTELLA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

EID: 84879880741     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.05.022     Document Type: Article

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