Vertebrate development: wnt signals at the crest.
Neural crest cells, a defining feature of vertebrate embryos, form at the neural plate border in response to inductive signals from the ectoderm. Recent studies have shown that Wnt signals are essential mediators of this induction.
LaBonne
Carole
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Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
D000818:Animals; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000196:embryology*; D047108:Embryonic Development; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D014981:Xenopus / Q000196:embryology; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051153:Wnt Proteins; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins