Endogenous Cerberus activity is required for anterior head specification inXenopus
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Endogenous Cerberus activity is required for anterior head specification in Xenopus.
We analyzed the endogenous requirement for Cerberus in Xenopus head development. 'Knockdown' of Cerberus function by antisense morpholino oligonucleotides did not impair head formation in the embryo. In contrast, targeted increase of BMP, Nodal and Wnt signaling in the anterior dorsal-endoderm (ADE) resulted in synergistic loss of anterior head structures, without affecting more posterior axial...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Development
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1477-9129,0950-1991
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00705