Embryological manipulations in the developing Xenopus inner ear reveal an intrinsic role for Wnt signaling in dorsal-ventral patterning

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 243, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1262-1274

  Forristall, Caryl A ^a   Stellabotte, Frank ^b   Castillo, Aldo ^c   Collazo, Andres ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

^b HOUSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microscopy; Organogenesis; Otic; Placode; Regeneration; catenin

Indexed keywords

WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL VENTRAL PATTERNING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; INNER EAR; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SENSE ORGAN; TISSUE REGENERATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY PATTERNING; EAR, INNER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; ORGANOGENESIS; REGENERATION; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; WNT3A PROTEIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84907865101     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24116     Document Type: Article

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