β-catenin regulates Pax3 and Cdx2 for caudal neural tube closure and elongation

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 148-157

  Zhao, Tianyu ^a,b   Gan, Qini ^a,b   Stokes, Arjun ^a,b   Lassiter, Rhonda N T ^a,b   Wang, Yongping ^a,b   Chan, Jason ^a,b   Han, Jane X ^a   Pleasure, David E ^a   Epstein, Jonathan A ^b,c   Zhou, Chengji J ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Posterior neuropore (PNP); Spina bifida; Wnt catenin signaling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; WNT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO (ANATOMY); GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; MOUSE EMBRYO; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE CLOSURE; NEURAL TUBE ELONGATION; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; POSTERIOR NEUROPORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

POSTERIOR NEUROPORE (PNP); SPINA BIFIDA; WNT/Β-CATENIN SIGNALING;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; CELL ADHESION; CELL POLARITY; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MSX1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NEURAL TUBE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; NEURULATION; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84890492806     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.101550     Document Type: Article

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