ROBO2 restricts the nephrogenic field and regulates Wolffian duct-nephrogenic cord separation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 404, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 88-102

  Wainwright, Elanor N ^a,b   Wilhelm, Dagmar ^a,c   Combes, Alexander N ^a,d   Little, Melissa H ^a,e   Koopman, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b THE FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kidney; Mouse; Nephrogenic cord; Ureteric bud; Wolffian duct

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ROBO2 PROTEIN; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SLIT2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; NERVE PROTEIN; ROBO2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SIX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; SLIT HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EX VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MESENCHYME; METANEPHROS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE EMBRYO; NEPHROGENIC CORD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; URETER; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MESODERM; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PROMOTER REGION;

MUS; WOLFFIA;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; KIDNEY; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WOLFFIAN DUCTS;

EID: 84937734438     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.05.023     Document Type: Article

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