Abstract:
:Over the past decade, many potential candidates for molecules involved in pattern formation in the vertebrate embryo have been identified. Manipulation of the expression of some of these factors has generated fascinating results that have allowed investigators to address their roles in embryogenesis. One such family consists of a group of putative cell signaling molecules related to the proto-oncogene Wnt-1. An accumulating body of evidence suggests that the Wnt-family plays a major role in several aspects of vertebrate development.
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Curr Opin Genet Devjournal_title
Current opinion in genetics & developmentauthors
Dickinson ME,McMahon APdoi
10.1016/s0959-437x(05)80172-8subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-08-01 00:00:00pages
562-6issue
4eissn
0959-437Xissn
1879-0380pii
S0959-437X(05)80172-8journal_volume
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