Wnt/β-catenin signaling integrates patterning and metabolism of the insect growth zone

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 4740-4750

  Oberhofer, Georg ^a   Grossmann, Daniela ^a   Siemanowski, Janna L ^a   Beissbarth, Tim ^b   Bucher, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Growth zone; Gut; Head; Hedgehog; Segment addition zone; Senseless; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HEDGEHOG PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO GROWTH; GENE TARGETING; GERM LAYER; INSECT GENETICS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EMBRYOLOGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEAD; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ERINACEIDAE; HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEAD; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIBOLIUM; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84919330047     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.112797     Document Type: Article

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