Interactions between Xwnt-8 and Spemann organizer signaling pathways generate dorsoventral pattern in the embryonic mesoderm of Xenopus.
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Specification of mesodermal pattern in Xenopus laevis by interactions between Brachyury, noggin and Xwnt-8.
We demonstrate that the nuclear, sequence-specific DNA-binding protein Xbra causes dorsal mesodermal differentiation of animal cap ectoderm when co-expressed with the secreted proteins noggin and Xwnt-8. None of these molecules causes dorsal mesoderm formation when expressed alone. Co-expression of Xenopus Brachyury (Xbra) mRNA with noggin mRNA in animal caps specifies the main dorsal tissues, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Genes & Development
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0890-9369
DOI: 10.1101/gad.7.1.13